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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460448903321

Autore

Nakazawa Keiji

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-282-82063-X

9786612820632

1-4422-0749-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Asian voices

Altri autori (Persone)

MinearRichard H

Disciplina

741.5/952

B

Soggetti

Cartoonists - Japan

Comic books, strips, etc - Japan - History

Atomic bomb victims - Japan - Hiroshima-shi

Electronic books.

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

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) Biography

Japan Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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