Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan by Richard Lloyd Parry

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan

Richard Lloyd Parry

304 pages first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced

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On March 11, 2011, a 120-foot-high tsunami smashed into the northeast coast of Japan, leaving more than eighteen thousand people dead. It was Japan's single greatest loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Richard Lloyd Parry, a...

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sad 84%
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reflective 42%
challenging 23%
tense 17%
inspiring 4%
mysterious 4%
hopeful 3%

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slow 24%
fast 6%

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