Barefoot Gen: Volume 1, A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa

Barefoot Gen: Volume 1, A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

Barefoot Gen #1

Keiji Nakazawa

284 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction comics manga adventurous slow-paced

Description

Barefoot Gen presents the powerful, tragic story of the bombing of Hiroshima, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young Japanese boy, seven years old when the American atomic bomb was dropped on his city.

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Moods

sad 94%
emotional 88%
dark 66%
reflective 55%
challenging 50%
informative 38%
tense 38%
adventurous 22%
inspiring 22%
funny 16%
hopeful 5%
lighthearted 5%

Pace

fast 52%
medium 41%
slow 5%

Average rating

4.17

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