Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

Keiji Nakazawa

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic story of the bombing of Hiroshima, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in an anti-militarist Japanese family. Of particular interest is Barefoot Gen's focus on the problems that arise when a peace-loving family has to survive in a militarized culture. With a special introduction by peace activist and film maker Anand Patwardham, this classic brings home the reality of an event in our common history, which we must never allow to happen again.


Graphic Novel
Paperback
284 pages
Age: 10+
ISBN: 978-81-86211-90-8


"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, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Maus'

"Nakazawa, I'm sure, will be considered one of the great comic artists of this century, because he tells the truth in a plain, straightforward way, filled with real human feelings."
- Robert Crumb, Cartoonist