Barefoot Gen Volume Three: Life After the Bomb
by Keiji Nakazawa
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Read in November, 2007
Ironically, I happened to pick this up yesterday, the day the pilot of the Enola Gay died.
"Barefoot Gen" is a ten-part series based on the author's and author's friends experiences surviving the Hiroshima A-bomb attack. I can't say it any better than the back of the book: "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." I read this in one afternoon. I couldn't...more
"Barefoot Gen" is a ten-part series based on the author's and author's friends experiences surviving the Hiroshima A-bomb attack. I can't say it any better than the back of the book: "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." I read this in one afternoon. I couldn't...more
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Read in July, 2007
This volume is bizarrely even more tragic than the previous two, if alone because of the fracturing personality of Gen's mother and the terrible tribulations borne by them when trying to find temporary shelter and food. There is hope though, with the return of the rest of their family and the stories of others who struggle with accepting life after the bomb.
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Read in January, 2008
Similar to volume 2, this is an important book to have read, but that's not the same as it being a good book. (I read volumes 2 & 3 back-to-back, so much of my thoughts on volume 2 apply to volume 3, as well.)
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