Translator's Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Japanese Names and Terms xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Summer Flowers
8. Translator's Introduction 21
9. Summer Flowers 45
10. From the Ruins 61
11. Prelude to Annihilation 79
12. City of Corpses
13. Translator's Introduction 117
14. Preface to Second Edition (1950) 147
15. An Autumn So Horrible Even the Stones Cry Out 153
16. Expressionless Faces 165
17. Hiroshima, City of Doom 178
18. The City: A Tangle o f Corpses 198
19. Relief 225
20. Wind and Rain 251
21. Late Autumn Koto Music 268
22. Poems of the Atomic Bomb
23. Translator's Introduction 277
24. Prelude 305
25. August 6 306
26. Dying 308
27. Flames 311
28. Blind 313
29. At the Makeshift Aid Station 315
30. Eyes 317
31. Warehouse Chronicle 319
32. Old Woman 323
33. Season of Flames 327
34. Little One 331
35. Grave Marker 334
36. The Shadow 339
37. A Friend 341
38. Landscape with River 343
39. Dawn 344
40. The Smile 346
41. August 6, 1950 347
42. Night 350
43. In the Streets 352
44. To a Certain Woman 353
45. Landscape 355
46. Appeal 357
47. When Will That Day Come? 358
48. Entreaty 366
49. Afterword 367
50. The Hiroshima Murals of Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi: A Note 371
51. Glossary 379
52. Guide to Names and Places 381
53. Suggestions for Further Reading 389