This compelling autobiography tells the life story of famed manga artist Nakazawa Keiji. Born in Hiroshima in 1939; Nakazawa was six years old when on August 6; 1945; the United States dropped the atomic bomb. His gritty and stunning account of the horrific aftermath is powerfully told through the eyes of a child who lost most of his family and neighbors. In eminently readable and beautifully translated prose; the narrative continues through the brutally difficult years immediately after the war; his art apprenticeship in Tokyo; his pioneering "atomic-bomb" manga; and the creation of Barefoot Gen; the classic graphic novel based on Nakazawas experiences before; during; and after the bomb. This first English-language translation of Nakazawas autobiography includes twenty pages of excerpts from Barefoot Gen to give readers who dont know the manga a taste of its power and scope. A recent interview with the author brings his life up to the present. His trenchant hostility to Japanese imperialism; the emperor and the emperor system; and U.S. policy adds important nuance to the debate over Hiroshima. Despite the grimness of his early life; Nakazawa never succumbs to pessimism or defeatism. His trademark optimism and activism shine through in this inspirational work.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A welcome addition to both art history and Native American studies shelves.By Midwest Book ReviewEngraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization is an art history study of the effect that the early images and engravings of North American Indians had on establishing the "visual prototype" of North American Indians in the minds of European and Euro-American readers. Paying particular attention to the early engravings of Carolina Algonquian Indians. created in 1585 by British painter-explorer John White and engraved in 1590 by Flemish publisher and printmaker Theodor de Bray. Engraving the Savage reveals how the image of the "savage other" as an intellectual and ideological concept was engendered. An in-depth scrutiny of how art and perception reinforced one another; though the topic discussed is specifically that of visual portrayals of Native Americans. the deeper precepts of human perception as shaped by art are broad-ranging in the extreme. A welcome addition to both art history and Native American studies shelves.
