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About the Author
Paul Glynn is an Australian Marist missionary priest and writer. He graduated from Southern Cross University; in 2010 the school awarded him an honorary doctorate for his reconciliation work with Japan.  He lived in Japan for over 20 years.  There, he wrote A Song for Nagasaki, a book recounting the life of Takashi Nagai, a radiologist who converted to Catholicism and survived the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Glynn is also the author of The Smile of a Ragpicker and Like a Samurai – the Tony Glynn Story.
A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai, a Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb

The story of Takaski Nagai, who worked out of Nagasaki University and survived the August 9th, 1945, atomic bomb that demolished much of the city of Nagasaki. He was dedicated to the new science of radiology and his memory is highly revered by many in Japan. His life’s journey took him from Shintoism, then atheism and then to Catholicism. His reflection on his life, impacted through family and the history and culture of his native land is compelling.

"Christians and non-Christians alike were deeply moved by Nagai's faith in Christ that made him like Job of the Scriptures: in the midst of the nuclear wilderness he kept his heart in tranquility and peace, neither bearing resentment against any man nor cursing God."
—Shusaku Endo, from the Foreword

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