Ghosts Of The Tsunami: Death And Life In Japan's Disaster Zone
by Richard Lloyd Parry /
2017 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all
how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan―by the Japan
correspondent of
The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all
how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan―by the Japan
correspondent ofThe Times
The Times (London) and author of
(London) and author ofPeople Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high
tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time
the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been
crushed, burned to death, or drowned.
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high
tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time
the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been
crushed, burned to death, or drowned.
It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic
bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the
meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate
emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to
express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways.
It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic
bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the
meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate
emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to
express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways.
Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent,
lived through the earthquake in Tokyo and spent six years
reporting from the disaster zone. There he encountered stories of
ghosts and hauntings, and met a priest who exorcised the spirits
of the dead. And he found himself drawn back again and again to a
village that had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community
tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own.
Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent,
lived through the earthquake in Tokyo and spent six years
reporting from the disaster zone. There he encountered stories of
ghosts and hauntings, and met a priest who exorcised the spirits
of the dead. And he found himself drawn back again and again to a
village that had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community
tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own.
What really happened to the local children as they waited in the
schoolyard in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their
teachers not evacuate them to safety? And why was the unbearable
truth being so stubbornly covered up?
What really happened to the local children as they waited in the
schoolyard in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their
teachers not evacuate them to safety? And why was the unbearable
truth being so stubbornly covered up?Ghosts of the Tsunami
Ghosts of the Tsunami is a soon-to-be classic intimate
account of an epic tragedy, told through the accounts of those
who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a
catastrophe, and the struggle to find consolation in the ruins.
is a soon-to-be classic intimate
account of an epic tragedy, told through the accounts of those
who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a
catastrophe, and the struggle to find consolation in the ruins.