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Drama Slice of Life

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Part 1 Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever... A family from Hiroshima struggles to come to terms with their survival of the atomic bombing of their city. The protagonist is Minami Hirano, about 20 years of age. Part 2 Set some decades later, the niece of Minami Hirano is bewildered by her father's mysterious disappearances. She and a friend follow him to discover what he is doing. The main theme of this is historic manga concerns the question what impact the war and the atomic bombing had on the most vulnerable. Fumiyo K no examines this question in her outstanding book an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece!

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#1,572

Popularity

#1,978

Status

FINISHED

Total Chapters

3 chs

Release

Sep 30, 2003

Author

Fumiyo Kouno

English Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms Japanese 夕凪の街 桜の国 Synonyms Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, The Town of Evening Calm, The Country of Cherry Blossoms, Hiroshima - A Cidade da Calmaria, La ciudad al atardecer. El país de los cerezos, Le pays des cerisiers, Phố chiều lặng gió Mênh mang anh đào, Miasto wieczornego spokoju, kraj kwitnącej wiśni, Hiroshima. Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio

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