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Yuichi Seirai
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Columbia University Press
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January 2015
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Columbia University Press
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January 2015
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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 of the A-bomb attack. In "Birds," a man in his sixties reflects on his life as a husband, father, and grandfather. Just a baby when he was found crying in the rubble near ground zero, he knows neither his parents' nor his own identity. His birthday is set as August 9, the day the A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In other stories, a woman is haunted by her brief affair with a married man, who is now dead, and the parents of a schizophrenic man -- a virtual time bomb -- murders his wife, and they struggle to make sense of the aftermath of the crime.
These characters battle with guilt, shame, loss, love, and the limits of explaining an inexplicable event. They feel anger toward those who were not affected by the bomb and ambivalence toward a God who would allow such horror to happen.
Author
Yuichi Seirai
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
January 2015
Weight
318g
Page Count
192
Dimensions
151 x 210 x 19 mm
ISBN
9780231171168
ISBN-10
0231171161
Eden Code
4292916
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Author/Creator: Yuichi Seirai
ISBN: 9780231171168
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date: January 2015
Weight: 318g
Dimensions: 151 x 210 x 19 mm
Eden Code: 4292916