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Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
Nakazawa Keiji
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This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the eyes of a child who lost most of his family and neighbors. The narrative continues through the brutally difficult years immediately after the war, his art apprenticeship in Tokyo, his pioneering atomic-bomb manga, and the creation of Barefoot Gen, the classic graphic novel based on his own experiences before, ... Read more
This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the eyes of a child who lost most of his family and neighbors. The narrative continues through the brutally difficult years immediately after the war, his art apprenticeship in Tokyo, his pioneering atomic-bomb manga, and the creation of Barefoot Gen, the classic graphic novel based on his own experiences before, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Asian Voices
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442207486
SKU
V9781442207486
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About Nakazawa Keiji
Nakazawa Keiji (March 14, 1939-December 19, 2012) was the creator of Barefoot Gen, one of the most storied manga of all time, which recounts the experiences of his alter ego, Gen, before and after August 6, 1945. A leading translator of classics of Hiroshima literature, Richard H. Minear is professor of history emeritus at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
In his moving autobiography, Nakazawa recounts how he transformed his experiences into the adventures of his alter-ego Nakaoka Gen.
Los Angeles Times
We can find a lot to be thankful for in Nakazawa Keiji's works like Hiroshima and Barefoot Gen, which are redemptive tales of striving for peace as well as tales of anger at the follies of ... Read more
Los Angeles Times
We can find a lot to be thankful for in Nakazawa Keiji's works like Hiroshima and Barefoot Gen, which are redemptive tales of striving for peace as well as tales of anger at the follies of ... Read more