num_pages: 304
description: Black Rain 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.
language: English
title: Black Rain
titlecomplete: Black Rain
genres: Classics, Historical, World War II, Japan, Asia, War, Japanese Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 3964
places: Japan, Hiroshima
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Noma Literary Prize 野間文芸賞
publisher: Kodansha USA