Karl Bruckner

SUMMARY: The effects of war on Japan and the world are seen through the experiences of one family that survived the bombing of Hiroshima.

The Day of the Bomb

Sadako will leben

Sadako hoće živjeti

Il gran sole di Hiroscima

First published in 1961 under the German title Sadako Will Leben (meaning Sadako Wants to Live), this non-fiction book by renowned Austrian children’s writer Karl Bruckner is considered his most famous work. Telling the vivid story about a Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima and died of illnesses caused by radiation exposure following the horrific atomic bombing of the city in August 1945, the book has been translated into most major languages and has been used as material for peace education in schools around the world.

Karl Bruckner

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