Barefoot Gen Volume 7: Hardcover Edition - Hardcover

Nakazawa, Keiji

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0867198370 ISBN 13: 9780867198379

Publisher: Last Gasp, 2018

Synopsis

Beautiful new hardcover edition of Barefoot Gen Volume Seven! 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 Seven ― "Bones into Dust" ― Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Picking up from Volume Six, the story opens with Gen searching for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory. Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed.

About this title

About the Author:

Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, and was six years old when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing, except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing. Compelled to tell his story in the memory of his family, Keiji Nakazawa is best known for his epic tragic history Barefoot Gen.

Review:

"Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries." -- The Library Journal

"Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion." -- Publishers Weekly

"This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life." -- Art Spiegelman

About this edition

• Publisher: Last Gasp
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0867198370
• ISBN 13: 9780867198379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268