Barefoot Gen: Out of the Ashes (A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima)

Graphic Novel. "This vivid and harrowing tale will... burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those very few commix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick-those little marks on paper come to fully realized life"-Art Spiegelman. Now a full-length feature film, BAREFOOT GEN depicts the powerful story of the bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy. OUT OF THE ASHES resumes nine days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima as Gen and his mother struggle to provide food, shelter and water for themselves and Gen's baby sister. At the heart of the story is the indomitable human spirit which prevails amidst chaos and vast human suffering. Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima in 1939, and was six years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on his city. He now lives in the suburbs of Tokyo with his wife and daughter."This vivid and harrowing tale will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those very few commix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick--those little marks on paper come to fully realized life." --Art Spiegelman"FALSETRUEBarefoot Gen: Out of the Ashes is the final volume in the graphic novel depicting the powerful story of the bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a young boy.