Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease by Michiko Ishimure, Livia Monnet

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease

Michiko Ishimure, Livia Monnet

416 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective sad medium-paced

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An account of Minamata disease, which struck a small Japanese fishing village due to methylmercury poisoning of the sea. Originally published in Japanese in 1972, with this translated edition published by Michigan University Classics in Japanese S...

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