Other editions of book The Day of the Bomb

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.

An eye-opening account of a Japanese family that survives the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and their trials and tribulations of post-war living. The author was awarded the Austrian National Prize for this book, in addition to the City of Vienna Juvenile Book Prize. This is the "First Cadmus Edition" which states on the title page "This Special Edition is Published by Arrangement with the Publishers of the Regular Edition, Ives Washburn, Inc." Originally published as Sadako Will Leben.