Barefoot Gen. the day after : a cartoon story of Hiroshima / Keji Nakazawa ; translated by Project Gen. Volume two, :
"Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen...
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| Language: | Undetermined English Japanese |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Last Gasp,
2004.
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| Summary: | "Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Volume Two, The Day After, tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb." -- Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Introduction by Art Spiegelman. Translation of: Hadashi no Gen. "All new translation"--Cover. "First serialized under the title Hadashi no Gen in Japan 1972-1973"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 086719619X 9780867196191 |