Cover of Barefoot Gen, Volume Four: Out of the Ashes

Barefoot Gen, Volume Four: Out of the Ashes

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Volume 4 resumes after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter, and water amid chaos and vast human suffering.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 281 pages

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