{"product_id":"the-bells-of-nagasaki","title":"The Bells of Nagasaki","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A book that everyone should read’ ― The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki ― and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 9 August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki was struck by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people were killed instantly. Doctor Takashi Nagai was not one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragging himself, broken and bloodied, from the ruins of what had been the city’s university hospital, Nagai gathered together a small, tattered group of survivors ― doctors, nurses and students, each carrying their own grief and fear. Together, they worked relentlessly at the impossible task of tending to the wounded and comforting the dying amid unimaginable devastation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they struggled to heal their shattered city, a mysterious and terrifying sickness began to spread among them, silently claiming lives. Writing from his sickbed, Nagai recorded what he witnessed in the days and weeks following the bombing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful eyewitness account of one of the most catastrophic events in human history stands as both a chilling historical document and a profound testament to humanity’s capacity for compassion, courage and solidarity in the face of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Richard Lloyd Parry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60295426801998,"sku":"9781529952599","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/6775\/7390\/files\/9781529952599.jpg?v=1785767016","url":"https:\/\/intothewest.co.uk\/products\/the-bells-of-nagasaki","provider":"Into the West Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}