Author: AGAWA, Hiroyuki
Title: Devil's heritage. Translated from the Japanese by John M. Maki.
Description: [Tokyo], Hokuseido Press, [1957]. 18.5 x 13 cm. xxiii,[1],247 pp. Clothbound with dustjacket. - First English edition - 'Ma no isan' - Devil's Heritage - first published in Japanese in 1953 - is a documentary novel, an account of the bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a young Tokyo reporter, handling, among other topics, the death of his Hiroshima nephew and survivors' reactions to the Atomic bomb Casualty Commission, the U.S. agency that conducted research on atomic victims. - Dustjacket some edgewear/chipped with little loss, otherwise a good copy.

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