| Barefoot Gen Volume 7: Bones Into Dust Contributor(s): Nakazawa, Keiji (Author) |
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ISBN: 0867195983 ISBN-13: 9780867195989 Publisher: Last Gasp OUR PRICE: $14.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, the ten-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. By Volume Seven, Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Picking up from Volume Six, the story opens with Gen searching for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory. Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed. |
| 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: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.1" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Barefoot Gen Volume Seven ― "Bones into Dust" ― Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Picking up from Volume Six, the story opens with Gen searching for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory. Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed. |
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. |