Black Rain (Roman, Ibuse)

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Black rain ( Japanese 黒 い 雨 , Kuroi ame ) is a novel by the Japanese author Masuji Ibuse from 1965 , which addresses the aftermath of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima for the people affected and the Japanese self-image.

The book tells everyday stories from the lives of the inhabitants of a small village on the outskirts of the city ​​of Hiroshima, which was devastated by a nuclear fire on August 6, 1945 . In the following months and years they not only suffer from physical and mental injuries, but also from discrimination by their own healthy compatriots.

The novel is one of the most famous works of Japanese literature in the western world. He was accompanied by Shohei Imamura filmed and also has the Hollywood -Krimi Black Rain affected (1989).