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Hiroshima the autobiography of Barefoot Gen

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 experien.

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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 experien."@en
  • "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. In eminently readable and beautifully translated prose, 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 Barefool Gen, the classic graphic novel based on Nakazawa's experiences before, during, and after the bomb."
  • "A biography of the author of "Hadashi no Gen," who experienced the atmic bomb attack in Hiroshima in 1945."
  • "This first English-language translation of Nakazawa's autobiography includes twenty pages of excerpts from Barefool Gen to give readers who don't know the manga a taste of its power and scope. A recent interview with the author brings his life up to the present. His trenchant hostility to Japanese imperialism, the emperor and the emperor system, and U.S. policy adds important nuance to the debate over Hiroshima. Despite the grimness of his early life, Nakazawa never succumbs to pessimism or defeatism. His trademark optimism and activism shine through in this inspirational work. --Book Jacket."

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  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Autobiographie"

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  • "「はだしのゲン」自伝"
  • ""Hadashi no Gen" jiden"
  • "はだしのゲン自伝"
  • "Hiroshima the autobiography of Barefoot Gen"@en
  • "Hiroshima : the autobiography of Barefoot Gen"
  • "Hiroshima : the autobiography of barefoot gen"@en
  • "Hadashi no gen jiden"@ja

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