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Black Rain

work by Ibuse Masuji

Also known as: “Kuroi ame”

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In Ibuse Masuji
…the novel Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain), which deals with the terrible effects of the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.
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Japanese literature

In Japanese literature: The postwar novel
…works, especially Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain) by Ibuse Masuji, succeeded in suggesting the ultimately indescribable horror of the disaster.
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