Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

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What impact did World War II and the dropping of the atomic bomb have on the common people of Japan? Through the eyes of an average woman living in 1955, Japanese artist Fumiyo Kouno answers these questions. This award-winning manga appears in an English translation for the first time. Fumiyo…

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1 author picked Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Priya Huq

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I first heard of Kouno’s work through the animated adaptation of In This Corner of the World. Town of Evening Calm and Country of Cherry Blossoms are a short story and short series (respectively) about Hiroshima. Like many other shojo/josei artists, Kouno uses the natural world to impart tone and mood, but is particularly good at it.

From Priya's list on graphic novels that use environment as storyteller.