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Pros
The author travels with a family through devastated japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Told in very zen, minimalist chapters, the book chronicles the stories of numerous japanese who survived the tsunami. This is a beautifully-written book a... Read More
The strength, bravery and resilience of so many are just as inspiring as the tsunami was horrifying. Written by someone with a great eye for detail and a poetic sensibility.
Ehrlich eschews the usual stoicism of the japanese approach for a more nuanced portrayal of both resiliency and heartbreak. Gretel seems to write from the heart. Ehrlic does with words what the google camera's did with pictures.
There are months of living in crowded shelters, chronic food shortages, and a typhoon that dumps 17 inches of rain on an already flooded region. Radioactive dew shines. My breath mixes with the gasp of trees.
Naturalist and poet gretel ehrlich compiles a series of firsthand accounts of those who were involved in the devastating tsunami that crashed through the tohoku coastline.
Cons
Disjointed and hard to follow. It is difficult to tell if the narrative relates to the disaster date or during the trip surveying the aftermath. She seems to easily go into lengthy talk about how she feels about certain experiences surrounding these e... Read More
Highlights
Quality
It is easy to feel a connection with the people as they tell their remarkable stories
In keeping with the books zen aesthetics there are no photos or illustrations other than a map of the tohoku region highlightin... Read More
My breath mixes with the gasp of trees
Facing the wave details just how so many dealt with the aftermath as well as the stories of those who lived through it
Packaging/appearance
Then a few rain squalls bump across serrate water until the windknife slices pink swell into corrugated fiefdoms
Competitiveness
The author is a poet naturewriter and essayist who has won awards for her workfor example the pen new england henry david thore... Read More
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japanese, many and through. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 58 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2022.
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This is a beautifullywritten book about the horrific series of events that befell japan after its 2011 earthquake
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Most chapters conclude with a poem
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Details vignettes maps utter love and understanding of the japanese culture a rich resource for empathizing with victims of this disaster and its forever aftermath
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In six shaking minutes the northeastern coast of japan was torn off its roots with an undersea roar that could be heard on hydrophones in oregon
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The writing is powerful and assured like the nonfiction of peter matthiessen i thought it would be black this tsunamidevastated coast with a hokusai wave frozen in place always arriving always threatening
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But on this june day the pacific ocean is flat and blue the ruined coast is gray dust thick with crematorium ash and there is no wave
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With natural disasters these days the idea is to get the camera crews on the ground as soon as possible
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The image never dies at least until it is eclipsed by the next big news event
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