A 1985 book depicting the life of a survivor of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki is being reissued in Japanese, thanks to efforts by individuals who raised the money to have it reprinted.
"Nagasaki no Yubinhaitatsu" ("The Postman of Nagasaki"), written by the late Peter Townsend, a British World War II hero, tells the story of Sumiteru Taniguchi and his physical and emotional struggles as a hibakusha.
Many books have been published on the A-bomb, but the appeal of "The Postman of Nagasaki" lies in Townsend's style and the moving story of Taniguchi's struggle against discrimination as an A-bomb survivor and his fears for himself and his children over radiation sickness, according to Setsuko Yokokawa, a freelance journalist who initiated the project to revive the book.