A review by wordnerdy
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa

5.0

Last Gasp recently did a Kickstarter to reissue this important work--I have the first four volumes and I'm hoping the rest will be released soon. An autobiographical comic that explores the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, this is a harrowing and yet hopeful story. Any library that has Maus should have Barefoot Gen as well (and I'm not just saying that b/c Art Spiegelman wrote the intro, which for some reason appears in all the volumes--it was actually Raina Telgemeier who introduced me to this work). Not recommended for younger or sensitive children.