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Barefoot Gen. Volume three, Life after the bomb / Keiji Nakazawa ; translated by Project Gen.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Comics Collection PN6790.J33 N3313 2016 v. 3 Toccafondi copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nakazawa, Keiji
- Standardized Title:
- Hadashi no Gen. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Nakazawa, Keiji--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Nakazawa, Keiji.
- Nuclear warfare--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Nuclear warfare.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Atomic bomb victims--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Atomic bomb victims.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan).
- Japan--Social life and customs--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Japan.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Japan.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 257 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover Last Gasp edition.
- Other Title:
- Barefoot Gen. 3
- Barefoot Gen : a cartoon story of Hiroshima. Volume three, Life after the bomb
- Barefoot Gen. Volume 3
- Life after the bomb
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2016.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- August 6, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Today, the danger posed by nuclear weapons is as great as ever, yet few people survive who witnessed their horror. To mark the event, and honor Keiji Nakazawa's incredible work, Last Gasp created a special set of Barefoot Gen, volumes 1-4 for institutional use. 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 Three --"Life After the Bomb" --picks up the story with Gen, his mother and his baby brother searching for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath. Facing rejection, hunger, and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have --and can share --three crucial possessions: their self-respect, their hope, and their inner strength. --Amazon.com
- "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. Barefoot Gen serves as a reminder of the suffering war brings to innocent people, and as a unique documentation of an especially horrible source of suffering, the atomic bomb. This is part three of a ten-part series."-- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- The bomb did not just "fall" / Jan Ishiko
- The birth of Barefoot Gen / Keiji Nakazawa
- Barefoot Gen : life after the bomb
- About Project Gen / Namie Asazuma
- Special acknowledgment.
- Notes:
- "First serialized under the title Hadashi no Gen in Japan 1972-3. Published ... with a new translation, 2005."--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 9780867198331
- 0867198338
- OCLC:
- 964303592
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