Barefoot Gen School Edition Vol 9

Author:   Keiji Nakazawa
Publisher:   Last Gasp,U.S.
Volume:   9
ISBN:  

9780867198393


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   15 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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"Beautiful new hardcover edition of Barefoot Gen Volume Nine! Striking new design with special sturdy binding. Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere. Nakazawa's manga illustrates the true impact of nuclear weapons when used against a civilian population. It is vital reading for people of all ages, and especially for today's youth. By keeping this tragedy in our collective consciousness, we can strive to never repeat it and guide humanity towards a course of peace. Barefoot Gen Volume Nine ― ""Breaking Down Borders"" ― Gen continues to confront one setback after another -- the loss of his home, the death of a friend -- when a chance encounter gives new direction to his life. An impoverished but talented artist takes Gen under his wing and teaches him to paint. Inspired by the artists assertion that art has no borders, Gen vows to become an artist himself, and takes a job as apprentice to a local poster painter. Despite merciless bullying from his boss and the older apprentices, Gen perseveres in the pursuit of his new calling."

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Author:   Keiji Nakazawa
Publisher:   Last Gasp,U.S.
Imprint:   Last Gasp,U.S.
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780867198393


ISBN 10:   0867198397
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   15 October 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. -- Publishers Weekly This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life. -- Art Spiegelman Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries. -- The Library Journal


Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries. -- The Library Journal Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion. -- Publishers Weekly This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life. -- Art Spiegelman


"""Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries."" -- The Library Journal ""Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion."" -- Publishers Weekly ""This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life."" -- Art Spiegelman"


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Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, and was six years old when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing, except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing. Compelled to tell his story in the memory of his family, Keiji Nakazawa is best known for his epic tragic history Barefoot Gen.

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