Barefoot Gen Volume 3: Life After the Bomb

from librarybrandy

Similar to volume 2, this is an important book to have read, but that's not the same as it being a good book. (I read volumes 2 & 3 back-to-back, so much of my thoughts on volume 2 apply to volume 3, as well.)

from chrisblocker

The third book in the Barefoot Gen series, Life After the Bomb continues the horrific tale of post-nuclear Hiroshima and how one boy lived through it all. Trials abound in this third volume, the most memorable of which involves a new character, Seiji, whom Gen is given charge of. Life After the B...

from questbird

Gen and his family must find a place to live after the destruction of Hiroshima. Gen's positivity and heroism in the face of despair and selfishness is what keeps his family -- and the reader -- going.

from DetailMuse

This volume (#3 of 10 in the manga series) recounts six-year-old Gen's experiences during the first weeks after the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- terrible famine, fear and illness surround him still, but there are new human connections too, and a lovely reveal about how he came to be an artist. For...

from Brian.Gunderson

The continuing story of Gen and his family is heartbreaking but never despondent. If you appreciate manga, this story will really bring home the reality of everyday life in Japan after the war and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.