--- product_id: 18886890 title: "Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After" price: "12 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/18886890-barefoot-gen-vol-2-the-day-after store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After **Price:** 12 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After - **How much does it cost?** 12 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/18886890-barefoot-gen-vol-2-the-day-after) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Barefoot Gen Volume Two ―"The Day After" ―tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb. Review: A Poignant Comic - Just by glancing at its cover, Barefoot Gen appears to merely be a cheery Japanese comic book, or manga, as the medium is called in Japan. But the actual contents belie the surface of this exceptionally sad memoir. A story of the hard times war brings that culminates in the nuclear annihilation of Hiroshima, Barefoot Gen was written by an actual survivor of the bombing: Keiji Nakazawa. This true story of a little boy in wartime Japan presents a view of what life was like for Japanese civilians at the height of World War II. It shows in great detail (a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes) the effect the war had on the Japanese: malnutrition, bombings of almost all cities, etcetera, while still keeping in mind that Japan was also guilty of war crimes. But the end of Barefoot Gen is a nightmarish vision of the worst war crime of all: the dropping of a weapon of mass destruction on a heavily populated, civilian town. The images of injured, haggard victims of the atom bomb moaning and weeping that are shown in this comic are terrible, but far more terrible still is the knowledge that this isn't fiction, it's a memoir. This really happened to women, babies, children and all other unsuspecting civilians. Although Barefoot Gen is not widely known, it is still arguably one of the best anti-war books on the subject, and highly recommended reading. By Elizabeth DeAngelis for Daisy Alliance For Daisy Alliance by Elizabeth DeAngelis Review: hiroshima... - A moving story which touches the heart. Debate about whether the U.S. had to drop the bomb continues today. Having studied WWII, I think it had to be done. An invasion of the homeland would have cost many more lives as the war would have degenerated into a guerrilla combat. Yet, the sorrow caused is moving to anyone. This book well conveys that. Thank g-d it is not in color. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,164,326 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #247 in Historical Fiction Manga (Books) #2,242 in Historical World War II & Holocaust Fiction #2,682 in World War II Historical Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 119 Reviews | ## Images ![Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LNt+CW+RL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Poignant Comic *by B***H on October 11, 2010* Just by glancing at its cover, Barefoot Gen appears to merely be a cheery Japanese comic book, or manga, as the medium is called in Japan. But the actual contents belie the surface of this exceptionally sad memoir. A story of the hard times war brings that culminates in the nuclear annihilation of Hiroshima, Barefoot Gen was written by an actual survivor of the bombing: Keiji Nakazawa. This true story of a little boy in wartime Japan presents a view of what life was like for Japanese civilians at the height of World War II. It shows in great detail (a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes) the effect the war had on the Japanese: malnutrition, bombings of almost all cities, etcetera, while still keeping in mind that Japan was also guilty of war crimes. But the end of Barefoot Gen is a nightmarish vision of the worst war crime of all: the dropping of a weapon of mass destruction on a heavily populated, civilian town. The images of injured, haggard victims of the atom bomb moaning and weeping that are shown in this comic are terrible, but far more terrible still is the knowledge that this isn't fiction, it's a memoir. This really happened to women, babies, children and all other unsuspecting civilians. Although Barefoot Gen is not widely known, it is still arguably one of the best anti-war books on the subject, and highly recommended reading. By Elizabeth DeAngelis for Daisy Alliance For Daisy Alliance by Elizabeth DeAngelis ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ hiroshima... *by D***K on April 2, 2013* A moving story which touches the heart. Debate about whether the U.S. had to drop the bomb continues today. Having studied WWII, I think it had to be done. An invasion of the homeland would have cost many more lives as the war would have degenerated into a guerrilla combat. Yet, the sorrow caused is moving to anyone. This book well conveys that. Thank g-d it is not in color. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great history lesson. *by S***N on October 24, 2022* Great history lesson. Very haunting.. 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