{"product_id":"the-bells-of-nagasaki-takashi-nagai-9781529952605","title":"The Bells of Nagasaki","description":"\u003cb\u003eWitness the best and the worst of humanity in \u003ci\u003eThe Bells of Nagasaki. . . \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people are killed instantly. Doctor Takashi Nagai is not one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pulling himself, broken and bloodied, from the wreckage that was once the city's university hospital, Takashi bundles together a tattered group of survivors. Doctors, nurses, students, each with their own injuries and losses, their own bone-chilling fears for the future, they work tirelessly at the impossible task of aiding the countless wounded and easing the deaths of the dying. They remain determined to heal their fallen city, to find solace and hope among the rubble, even as a strange and growing sickness begins to claim them, one by one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eyewitness to one of the most fatal events in human history, this is Takashi's record, written from his sickbed - a chilling historical document, and undeniable evidence of the capacity for human kindness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book that everyone should read' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Takashi Nagai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529952603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529952605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Takashi Nagai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244531138815,"sku":"9781529952605","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_920565e0-b404-45ef-8c8a-f4603aafd49d.jpg?v=1758135967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bells-of-nagasaki-takashi-nagai-9781529952605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}