. "This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.!"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
.
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman
"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages--of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." --
John Hersey
"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -- Sunday Times
"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -- Books and Bookmen
"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." --Spectator
"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -- New Statesman
