Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami

Name: Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
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ISBN: 9780307949271

ISBN-10: 0307949273

ISBN-13: 9780307949271

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Authors: Gretel Ehrlich

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A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and exhilaration in villages and towns where all shelter and hope seemed lost. In an eloquent narrative that blends strong reportage, poetic observation, and deeply felt reflection, she takes us into the upside-down world of northeastern Japan, where nothing is certain and where the boundaries between living and dying have been erased by water. The stories of rice farmers, monks, and wanderers; of fishermen who drove their boats up the steep wall of the…

Book details

List price: $30.99
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.96" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Gretel Ehrlich is the author of "A Match to the Heart" among other works of nonfiction, fiction & poetry. She divides her time between California & Wyoming.