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Nakazawa, Keiji. Hiroshima: The autobiography of barefoot gen. Asian Voices. Lanham [etc.]: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. Added by: joachim (30/10/2011, 16:37) Last edited by: joachim (30/11/2011, 14:11) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1-4422-0747-7 BibTeX citation key: Nakazawa2010a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Autobiography, Creative process, Interview, Japan, Manga, Nakazawa. Keiji Creators: Nakazawa Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham [etc.]) |
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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. In eminently readable and beautifully translated prose, 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 Nakazawa’s experiences before, during, and after the bomb. This first English-language translation of Nakazawa’s autobiography includes twenty pages of excerpts from Barefoot Gen to give readers who don’t know the manga a taste of its power and scope. A recent interview with the author brings his life up to the present. His trenchant hostility to Japanese imperialism, the emperor and the emperor system, and U.S. policy adds important nuance to the debate over Hiroshima. 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. Table of Content Editor’s Introduction (vii) Maps (xviii) Author’s Introduction: The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, “Gen,” and I (xxiii) 1. Prelude to Tragedy (1) 2. A Sudden Flash of Light (31) 3. Terror (59) 4. To Live (83) 5. I Set Out (121) 6. Gen and I, Together (143) Afterword (171) Appendix: Interview with Nakazawa Keiji (173) Index (183) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |