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Author Nakazawa, Keiji.

Uniform Title Hadashi no Gen. English
Title Barefoot Gen : a cartoon story of Hiroshima / Keiji Nakazawa ; translated by Project Gen.

Imprint San Francisco, Calif. : Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.5425 N145b  v.1    ---  Available
Description 284 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Note Translation of: Hadashi no Gen.
"Volume one"--Cover.
First serialized in Japan 1972-1973.
Published by Last Gasp of San Francisco with a new translation 2004.
Introduction copyright Art Spiegelman, 1990.
Edited by Alan Gleason and Colin Turner.
Summary This captivating story of Hiroshima was one of the original Japanese manga series. New and unabridged, this is an all-new translation of the author's first-person experiences of Hiroshima and its aftermath, a reminder of the suffering war brings to innocent people. Its emotions and experiences speak to children and adults everywhere. Volume One of this ten-part series details the events leading up to and immediately following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Subject Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nuclear warfare -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan.
Graphic novels. -- juvenile fiction
Genre/Form Graphic novels.
Added Author Spiegelman, Art.
Project Gen (Organization)
ISBN 0867196025
9780867196023

 
    
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