Barefoot Gen series

Author:Keiji, Nakazawa

1. Volume One, A cartoon story of Hiroshima
2. Volume Two, The day after
3. Volume Three, Life after the bomb
4. Volume Four, Out of the ashes
5. Volume Five, The never-ending war
6. Volume Six, Writing the truth
7. Volume Seven, Bones into dust
8. Volume Eight, Merchants of death
9. Volume Nine, Breaking down borders
10. Volume Ten, Never give up

Citation: Novelist Database

Description:

A semi-autobiography about the author’ life in Hiroshima city after the atomic bomb. Written in Manga style, has been translated into many languages and animation movie. This graphic novel is about the life of young boy, Gen who survived during the final months of world war II, struggling to live in poverty. In the days of the bombing attack Gen and his family witnessed the horrors and the ruin of the city, dead, and severely burn. The life after the bomb, how the family reunited, the nation was rebuilt conditionally under the American occupation. This is war from the Japanese perspective which must be read comparatively to other international point of views.

More information:

Barefoot Gen animation movie, 1983  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/?ref_=nv_sr_4

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Formats: print book, ebook, DVD video for Barefoot Gen movie

Languages: Japanese, English, French, etc.