“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
