Fumiyo Kouno
Birth date: September 28, 1968
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Having just completed the Barefoot Gen series, I thought to myself, “the one thing I need now is a graphic novel about Hiroshima.” Lo and behold, Fumiyo Kouno's Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms.Essentially two stories, loosely connected, that take place years after the bombing. It's ...
A beautiful, touching josei manga; a perfect reading on the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb. Three chapters only, 2 stories (Town of Evening Town and Country of Cherry Blossoms) in different era.The first one was very sad, about a young woman who presents the symptoms of the radiation ye...
A beautiful albeit sad story about Hiroshima and the lasting impact it had on Japan. The book is split into three sections, Town of Evening Calm and Country of Cherry Blossoms, Parts 1 and 2. The three sections take place over a period of 50 years and look at the ways in which the bombing of Hiroshi...
absolutely beautiful book about a horrific event
absolutely beautiful book about a horrific event
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