{"product_id":"when-we-say-hiroshima-selected-poems-volume-23-9780939512898","title":"When We Say \"Hiroshima\": Selected Poems Volume 23","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sadako Kurihara | Richard Minear\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurihara Sadako is one of the poetic giants of the nuclear age. Born in Hiroshima in 1913, she was in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. From then till now she has addressed her poetry primarily to issues of nuclear destruction, nuclear weapons, and nuclear power. Herself a victim of the world's first nuclear attack, she became the poetic conscience of the Hiroshima that was no more. But Kurihara turned her attention soon to more controversial issues, including Japan's role as victimizer in World War II. Many of her poems attack the Japanese government and its policies then and now.\u003ci\u003eWhen We Say \"Hiroshima\"\u003c\/i\u003e contains a selection of the poems Kurihara wrote between 1942 and 1989. They include meditations on death, on survival, on nuclear radiation, on Japanese politics, on American foreign policy, and on women's issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U of M Center for Japanese Studies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591320027287,"sku":"9780939512898","price":1463.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780939512898.webp?v=1774972448","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-we-say-hiroshima-selected-poems-volume-23-9780939512898","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}