Name: Barefoot gen Volume 4: Hardcover Edition
Price: 29.89 EUR
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Author: Nakazawa, Keiji
ISBN: 9780867198348

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Barefoot gen Volume 4: Hardcover Edition

Type

Physical Book

Author

Keiji Nakazawa

Publisher

Last Gasp

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

290

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.3 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.61 kg.

ISBN13

9780867198348

Synopsis "Barefoot gen Volume 4: Hardcover Edition "

Beautiful new hardcover edition of Barefoot Gen Volume Four! Striking new design with special sturdy binding. Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Nakazawa's manga illustrates the true impact of nuclear weapons when used against a civilian population. It is vital reading for people of all ages, and especially for today's youth. By keeping this tragedy in our collective consciousness, we can strive to never repeat it and guide humanity towards a course of peace. Barefoot Gen Volume Four -" Out of the Ashes " - resumes 9 days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle amid vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

Keiji Nakazawa

(Author)

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(Hiroshima, 1939 - Tokyo, 2012) was six years old when the atomic bomb exploded, and all his family died except his mother. In 1961, Nakazawa moved to Tokyo where he worked as a cartoonist and created his first short mangas. After his mother's death in 1966, he depicted the destruction and chaos of Hiroshima in his stories. Kuroi Ame ni Utarete (Struck by Black Rain), was the first of five mangas he made about the story of the Hiroshima survivors. The most famous of all these works is Barefoot Gen: A Hiroshima Story, a long series of nearly three thousand pages starring a boy who survives the atomic terror.

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