Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Other titles · Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni • 夕凪の街 桜の国
- Also known as
- Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni
- Also known as
- 夕凪の街 桜の国
- Also known as
- Yunagi no Machi
- Also known as
- Sakura no Kuni
- Also known as
- The Town of Evening Calm
- Also known as
- The Country of Cherry Blossoms
- Also known as
- Hiroshima - A Cidade da Calmaria
- Also known as
- La ciudad al atardecer. El país de los cerezos
- Also known as
- Le pays des cerisiers
- Also known as
- Phố chiều lặng gió Mênh mang anh đào
- Also known as
- Miasto wieczornego spokoju, kraj kwitnącej wiśni
- Also known as
- Hiroshima. Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio
by Fumiyo Kouno
3 chapters
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 Kôno examines this question in her outstanding book—an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece!