UID:
edocfu_9959242429802883
Format:
1 online resource (290 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-82063-X
,
9786612820632
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1-4422-0749-3
Series Statement:
Asian voices
Uniform Title:
Hadashi no Gen jiden.
Content:
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 Bar
Note:
Includes index.
,
Author's Introduction; The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, "Gen," and I; Editor's Introduction; Richard H. Minear; 1; Prelude to Tragedy; Barefoot Gen: Excerpt 1; 2; A Sudden Flash of Light; Barefoot Gen: Excerpt 2; 3; Terror; Barefoot Gen: Excerpt 3; 4; To Live; Barefoot Gen: Excerpt 4; 5; I Set Out; Barefoot Gen: Excerpt 5; 6; Gen and I, Together; Afterword; Appendix; Interview with Nakazawa Keiji
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-0747-7
Language:
English
