Hiroshima - The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen

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 experiences before, during, and after the bomb. Despite the grimness of his early life, Nakazawa never succumbs to pessimism or defeatism. His trademark optimism and activism shine through in this inspirational work.

List of contents

Translator's Introduction
Author's Introduction: The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, "Gen," and I
Chapter 1: Prelude to Tragedy
Chapter 2: A Sudden Flash of Light
Chapter 3: Terror
Chapter 4: To Live
Chapter 5: I Set Out
Chapter 6: Gen and I, Together
Afterword
Appendix: Interview with Nakazawa Keiji

About the author

Translated by Richard H. Minear - By Nakazawa Keiji

Product details

• Authors: Nakazawa Keiji, Keiji Nakazawa
• Assisted by: Richard H. Minear (Translation), Minear Richard H. (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9781442207486
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0748-6
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Asian Voices
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Japan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual designers, Individual designers or design groups, DESIGN / Individual Designers, asian studies;japan studies