Barefoot Gen, Volume 9: Breaking Down Borders

by Keiji Nakazawa

Overview

Barefoot Gen Volume Nine ― "Breaking Down Borders" ― Gen continues to confront one setback after another — the loss of his home, the death of a friend — when a chance encounter gives new direction to his life. An impoverished but talented artist takes Gen under his wing and teaches him to paint. Inspired by the artists assertion that art has no borders, Gen vows to become an artist himself, and takes a job as apprentice to a local poster painter. Despite merciless bullying from his boss and the older apprentices, Gen perseveres in the pursuit of his new calling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780867196009
Publisher:	Last Gasp of San Francisco
Publication date:	11/30/2009
Series:	Barefoot Gen Series , #9
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	294,385
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"Highly recommended for older readers and for all libraries." — The Library Journal

"Invaluable for the lessons it offers in history, humanity and compassion." — Publishers Weekly

"This vivid and harrowing story will...burn a radioactive crater in your memory that will never let you forget it. Gen is one of those few comix that actually pulls off the essential magic trick... those little marks on paper come to fully-realized life." — Art Spiegelman

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