Barefoot Gen, Volume 7: Bones into Dust

by Keiji Nakazawa

Overview

Barefoot Gen Volume Seven ― "Bones into Dust" ― Gen has grown old enough to think about the legacy of the victims of the atomic bombing. Picking up from Volume Six, the story opens with Gen searching for a printer willing to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing written by "Papa," the journalist who serves as a father figure to Gen's war orphan friends. By hook and crook Gen and Ryuta manage to get the book printed and distributed, only to arouse the wrath of U.S. Army censors, who teach them a hard lesson about the politics of memory. Meanwhile, Gen's brother Koji returns home at last, only to find that their mother is on her deathbed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780867195989
Publisher:	Last Gasp of San Francisco
Publication date:	03/01/2009
Series:	Barefoot Gen Series , #7
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	367,639
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, and was six years old when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing, except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing. Compelled to tell his story in the memory of his family, Keiji Nakazawa is best known for his epic tragic history Barefoot Gen.

Editorial Reviews

"Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries." — The Library Journal

"Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion." — Publishers Weekly

"This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life." — Art Spiegelman

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