| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 188 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Asian voices |
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Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
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| 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 |
| 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 Barefoot Gen, the classic graphic novel based on his own experien |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nakazawa, Keiji.
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Nakazawa, Keiji. Hadashi no Gen.
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Nakazawa, Keiji -- Childhood and youth
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Nakazawa, Keiji -- Family
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Nakazawa, Keiji |
| SUBJECT |
Hadashi no Gen (Nakazawa, Keiji) fast |
| Subject |
Cartoonists -- Japan -- Biography
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History
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Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Biography
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Erotica.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Fantasy.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Romance.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Gay & Lesbian.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Media Tie-In.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Science Fiction.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Horror.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Historical Fiction.
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Childhood and youth of a person
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Atomic bomb victims
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Cartoonists
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Families
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
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Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Biography
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Japan -- Biography
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Japan
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Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Minear, Richard H
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| ISBN |
1442207493 |
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9781442207493 |
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