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Starting a few months before that event, his ten- volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven- year- old Gen Nakaoka.
By Volume Seven, 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.
"Some of the best comics ever done... Nakazawa, I'm sure, will be considered one of the great comic artists of this century." -Robert Crumb
"Gen effectively bears witness to one of the central horrors of our time. This vivid and harrowing story will burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it." -Art Spiegelman
"Nakazawa's graphic presentation of what it was like to survive the atomic bombing of Hiroshima should be required reading for all citizens, beginning with the President. Perhaps then we might gain the maturity to stop such madness." -Hunter and Amory Lovins, Friends of the Earth
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| Author | Keiji Nakazawa |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Last Gasp |
| Page Count | 264pp |
| Publication Size | 6 x 8.25 |
| Publication Notes | softcover, b/w |
| Publication Date | March 1, 2009 |
| ISBN | 978-0867195989 |
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