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Black Rain - Hardcover
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In this week’s news, our editors report on the various matters occupying readers around the world. From the power of literary awards throughout Japan’s modern history, a survey on contemporary literary habits, and the growing Hebrew Book Fair—read on to find out more!
Xiao Yue Shan, Blog Editor, reporting for Japan
On June 16, the nominees for the 169th Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize were announced to the public. Long recognised as the most important literary awards in Japan, the two accolades are given to emerging authors for a work of “pure literature” (junbungaku) and “popular literature” (taishū bengei) respectively, a fascinating distinction that has shifted tenuously throughout the awards’ long history, reflecting the evolving perspectives on what constitutes literary excellence, the separation between author and work, as well as how taste and zeitgeist can be reflected in the awardees. While the difference between what constitutes a literary text and a popular text can be seen as elitist, there have been, in the past, a great many other factors that have gone into the consideration of awardees—perhaps best exemplified by the awarding of the 1937 Naoki Prize (considered the less prestigious of the two) to Masuji Ibuse, whose profound literary out
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Black Rain - Hardcover
Review
"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 woul