Hiroshima : the autobiography of Barefoot Gen /
This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
©2010.
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Colección: | Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939, Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the eyes of a child who lost most of his family and neighbors. The narrative continues through the brutally difficult years immediately after the war, his art apprenticeship in Tokyo, his pioneering 'atomic-bomb' manga, and the creation of Barefoot Gen, the classic graphic novel based on his own experien. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 188 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1442207493 9781442207493 |