Barefoot Gen, Volume Five: The Never-Ending War
by:
Keiji Nakazawa (author)
Project (author)
For the first time in the English language, the story of Gen's life after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is continued. In postwar Japan, the people of Hiroshima face a massive food shortage and horrendous health problems. Gen is forced to choose between staying in school and making...
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For the first time in the English language, the story of Gen's life after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is continued. In postwar Japan, the people of Hiroshima face a massive food shortage and horrendous health problems. Gen is forced to choose between staying in school and making money to support his family and ailing mother.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780867195965 (0867195967)
Publish date: February 22nd 2008
Publisher: Last Gasp
Pages no: 266
Edition language: English
Series: はだしのゲン (中公文庫―コミック版) (#5)
The farther the Barefoot Gen storyline gets from the atomic bombing, the more it feels like an epic story. The first few books were dominated by a singular event: the bombing and its horrific aftermath; although the bomb certainly is the central thread of the following books (and probably the whole ...
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