| Barefoot Gen Volume 10: Never Give Up Contributor(s): Nakazawa, Keiji (Author) |
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ISBN: 0867196017 ISBN-13: 9780867196016 Publisher: Last Gasp
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2009 Click for more in this series: Barefoot Gen |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga - General - Comics & Graphic Novels | Historical Fiction - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Barefoot Gen |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.78" W x 8.3" L (0.77 lbs) 354 pages |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Barefoot Gen Volume Ten ― "Never Give Up" ― The year is 1953. Now an apprentice sign painter, Gen has become a skilled artist, while his friends run a thriving dressmaking business. Gen falls in love for the first time, but fails to notice that a good friend has been caught in the clutches of drug addiction. Heartbreak and loss await Gen as the atomic bomb continues to wreak havoc on the lives of people in Hiroshima years after the fact. Yet these tragedies also inspire Gen to move to Tokyo to pursue his career as an artist. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nakazawa, Keiji: - 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. |
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