Hiroshima : the autobiography of Barefoot Gen / Nakazawa Keiji ; translated and edited by Richard H. Minear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakazawa, Keiji, electronic book

Contributor:

Minear, Richard H.

Series:

Asian voices.

Asian voices

Standardized Title:

Hadashi no Gen jiden. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Nakazawa, Keiji.

Nakazawa, Keiji. Hadashi no Gen.

Nakazawa, Keiji--Childhood and youth.

Nakazawa, Keiji--Family.

Cartoonists--Japan--Biography.

Cartoonists.

Comic books, strips, etc--Japan--History.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Biography.

Atomic bomb victims.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Personal narratives.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan).

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--Biography.

Japan--Biography.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 188 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Nakazawa, Keiji. Hadashi no Gen jiden. English. Hiroshima.

ISBN:

9781442207493

128282063X

9786612820632

1442207493

OCLC:

688506794