金石堂一位歷史學家曾經估算，如果讓所有南京大屠殺的死難者，手牽著手，長度可以從南京到達杭州，延展的距離約兩百英里長。他們身上的血共重達一九兩百噸，屍體可裝滿兩千五百節火車車廂。如果把這些人一個個疊起來，將達七十四層樓高。
本書從三個不同角度──日本人、中國受難者與當時在場的歐美人士的敘事觀點，全方位呈現整個大屠殺事件；另一方面，抽絲剝繭地檢視這段長達多年的黑暗勢力，探討日本政府如何處心積慮地抹煞世界對大屠殺的記憶。
作者蒐集海峽兩岸、歐美、日本許多第一手資料，並且整合大屠殺倖存者的訪談記錄，重新呈現南京大屠殺的完整面貌。透過流利、細緻的文字，讀者可以完整了解南京大屠殺歷史的始末，同時省思歷史事件留予世人的寶貴教訓。
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written the definitive history of this horrifying episode.
本書中譯本《被遺忘的大屠殺：1937南京浩劫》由天下文化出版。
作者簡介
張純如( Iris Chang )
一九六八年三月二十八日生於美國紐澤西州普林斯頓，歿於二○○四年十一月九日。伊利諾大學厄爾巴那校區新聞學學士、約翰霍普金斯大學寫作碩士，約翰霍普金斯大學寫作研習計畫獎學金得主。曾擔任美聯社及《芝加哥論壇報》記者。
出版的第一本書《中國飛彈之父──錢學森之謎》（錢先生是主導中華人民共和國飛彈計畫的第一人），廣受舉世好評。《被遺忘的大屠殺──一九三七南京浩劫》更是登上《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜。
她是麥克阿瑟基金會「和平與國際合作計畫」獎得主，並且獲得「國家科學基金會」、「太平洋文化基金會」與「哈利．杜爾門圖書館」（Harry Truman Library）贊助。
Iris Chang graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked briefly as a reporter before winning a graduate fellowship to the writing seminars program at the Johns Hopkins University. She received numerous honors including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Program on Peace and International Cooperation Award, the Woman of the Year Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans, and honorary doctorates from the College of Wooster and California State University at Hayward. Her work appeared in many publications, including Newsweek, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She died in 2004.
