โ S M Starley
๐ Fiction
๐
2019
๐ English
โ 142 KB
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Death and Life in Japan
โ Scribed by Richard Lloyd Parry
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 623 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
'A remarkable and deeply moving book' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of Do No Harm
'A breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction'Times Literary Supplement
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east Japan. It was Japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in Tokyo, and spent six years reporting from the epicentre. Learning about the lives of those affected through their own personal accounts, he paints a rich picture of the impact the tsunami had on day to day Japanese life.
Heart-breaking and hopeful, this intimate account of a tragedy unveils the unique nuances of Japanese culture, the tsunami's impact on Japan's stunning and majestic landscape and the psychology of its people.
Ghosts of the Tsunami is...
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