Barefoot Gen 3 Life After The Bomb

Download or read book Barefoot Gen: Life after the bomb written by Keiji Nakazawa and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting a few months before the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb, the four-volume saga shows life in Japan after years of war and privations, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Volume 3 picks up the story with Gen, his mother and his baby brother searching for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath. Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realise that they still have - and can share - three crucial possessions: their self-respect, their hope and their inner strength. With an introduction by Art Spiegelman.