Barefoot Gen: Barefoot Gen Volume 2: The Day After (Paperback)

from questbird

Gen and his mother must escape Hiroshima and try to continue their lives after the bomb. Gen has various adventures in the ruins while looking for food for his mother and baby sister.

from chrisblocker

Barefoot Gen: The Day After, the second book in the Barefoot Gen series, picks up right where its predecessor left off. Nakazawa left many of the horrors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima for this second volume. Though there are many journeys and themes in this volume, it seemed more cohesive th...

from librarybrandy

Mostly as good as the first, though feels weaker in some vague way. Maybe it's the lack of drama in knowing what's coming. It's tragic and powerful, but I hesitate to call it a good comic--the art feels stiff and the writing is forced in places; the whole comic feels like Nakazawa was holding his...

from iftyzaidi

Continues the story of Gen from where the first volume left off and deals with the days after the dropping of the bomb. Some of the scenes he encounters are really harrowing and make for difficult reading. But beyond the devastating images this is a tale of courage and fortitude amidst great adve...

from omphalos02

Book 2 in the ten part series tells of the days following the bombing of Hiroshima. Not really a "stand alone" work, but still powerful.