Ground zero, Nagasaki : stories

✍ Scribed by Seirai, Yūichi; Warham, Paul

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English, Japanese
• Leaves: 182
• Series: Weatherhead books on Asia
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 o. Read more...

Abstract: 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 o

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Nails
Stone
Insects
Honey
Shells
Birds.

✦ Subjects

Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-ken -- Fiction. FICTION -- General. Atomic bomb victims. Japan -- Nagasaki-ken.