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Brief Description:
In Volume 6, Gen fights against a corrupt medical system, the discriminatory practices of his neighbors, and the American presence in Postwar Japan. Gen's brother, Koji, went to work in the coal mines, but has since disappeared. Gen and his friends must resort to more drastic measures, which lands one of the bunch in a juvenile detention center.
Marc Notes:
Translation of: Hadashi no Gen.;First serialized in Japan 1975.
Publisher Marketing:
Barefoot Gen Volume Six ―"Writing the Truth" ― Gen's brother, Koji, has gone away to work in the coal mines, but has since disappeared, and meanwhile, Gen fights against a corrupt medical system, the discriminatory practices of his neighbors, and the American presence in postwar Japan.
Contributor Bio:Nakazawa, Keiji
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.
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