| Barefoot Gen Volume 4: Out of the Ashes Contributor(s): Nakazawa, Keiji (Author) |
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ISBN: 0867195959 ISBN-13: 9780867195958 Publisher: Last Gasp OUR PRICE: $14.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Volume 4 resumes after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter, and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga - General - Comics & Graphic Novels | Historical Fiction - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Barefoot Gen |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 281 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Barefoot Gen Volume Four ―"Out of the Ashes" ―resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nakazawa, Keiji: - 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. |