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The novel, Black Rain, is a first hand recall of the events of a man’s life during the bombing of Hiroshima. The main character, Shigematsu Shizuma, is concerned that his niece, Yasuko, will be unable to marry because prospective husbands are scared off due to the fact that she was near the bombing and that she or her children will suffer the effects of the radiation sickness that had already affected so many. In his quest to find a husband for his niece he decides to rewrite his journal of the bombing of Hiroshima. It is his copying of this journal that takes the reader though the treacherous events of the bombing and the effects on his and others’ lives. This novel is like many other Japanese stories in that it is not a very happy book. There is no happy ending and the novel is filled with many gruesome descriptions of corpses much like the story Rashomon. The book gives the reader a front seat view into the lives of the people of Hiroshima. It also, like the story In a Grove, gives multiple first hand views of the bombing itself.
Approximate Word count = 706
Approximate Pages = 2.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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