Black Rain Author:ibuse A novel based on real diaries and interviews with survivors of the bomobing of Hiroshima. Black Rain probes deeply into the emotional significance of nuclear attack on ordinary people. A serious-minded Japanese businessman, his gentle childless wife and their beloved niece. Yasuko, remember with understated horror the day that chaged their liv... more »es and the world. sharing domestic details with keenly evoked nuances of feeling, Black Rain is a powerfully moving tale of friends and neighbors, and of a city that suddenly ceased to be. It takes a story of massive impersonal destruction and makes it immediate, personal, and integral part of our minds and hearts.« less