A best seller in Japan this beautiful, award-winning manga appears in English for the first time. What impact did World War II and the dropping of the atomic bomb have on the common people of Japan? Through the eyes of an average woman living in 1955, Japanese artist Fumiyo Kouno answers these questions. Kouno's light, free style of drawing evokes a tender reflection of this difficult period in Hiroshima's postwar past. Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms is the winner of several prestigious awards, including Grand Prize at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival (2004), and the New Life Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes (2005). It was also named one of the Top Three Best Comics of 2007 by New York Magazine.Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms is made up of interconnected short stories; the first is a love story entitled "Town of Evening Calm," followed by the two-part story "Country of Cherry Blossoms."  

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