Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Disaster Strikes, Literature Responds 1. Voices from the Debris: Cultural Trauma and Disaster Fiction 2. Tohoku on the Margins: Furukawa Hideo’s Horses 3. Hiroshima Encore: Return of the Hibakusha 4. Chernobyl and Beyond: A New Era of Nuclear Literature Epilogue: Writing toward the Future Notes Bibliography Index About the Author