Black Rain (novel)

Black Rain
First US edition
AuthorMasuji Ibuse
Original title黒い雨 (Kuroi Ame)
TranslatorJohn Bester
LanguageJapanese
GenreHistorical, war novel
Publication date
1965
Published in English
1966
Media typePrint (Hardback and paperback)
ISBN0-87011-364-X
OCLC264049426

Black Rain (黒い雨, Kuroi Ame) is a novel by Japanese author Masuji Ibuse. Ibuse began serializing Black Rain in the magazine Shincho in January 1965. The novel is based on historical records of the devastation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[1]

  1. ^ "Black Rain | work by Ibuse Masuji | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.