Screen LibraryGround zero, Nagasaki : stories /
Set in contemporary Nagasaki, the six short stories in this collection draw an unflinching portrait of the A-bomb's horrific, ongoing trauma. Whether they experienced the attack directly or have merely heard about it from survivors, many of the characters in these tales filter their pain and al...
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Japanese |
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Weatherhead books on Asia
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Set in contemporary Nagasaki, the six short stories in this collection draw an unflinching portrait of the A-bomb's horrific, ongoing trauma. Whether they experienced the attack directly or have merely heard about it from survivors, many of the characters in these tales filter their pain and alienation through their Catholic faith, illuminating a side of Japanese culture little known in the West. For hundreds of years, Christianity was suppressed in Nagasaki, but the religion enjoyed a revival in modern times. The Urakami Cathedral, the center of Japanese Christian life, stood at ground zero |
| Carrier Form: | 182 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780231171168 (cloth : acid-free paper) : 0231171161 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | PL861 |
| CLC: | I313.45 |
| Call Number: | I313.45/S461 |
| Contents: | Cover ; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Nails; Stone; Insects; Honey; Shells; Birds. |