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March Was Made of Yarn

Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown

Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown

Edited by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

Edited by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

Edited by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

Edited by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

Category: Asian World History | Science

Category: Asian World History | Science

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    About March Was Made of Yarn

    In time for the one year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a collection of essays and stories by Japanese writers on the devastating disaster, its aftermath, and the resolve of a people to rebuild.

    On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to such a tragedy, in what is a fascinating, enigmatic and poignant collection.

    About March Was Made of Yarn

    In time for the one year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a collection of essays and stories by Japanese writers on the devastating disaster, its aftermath, and the resolve of a people to rebuild.

    On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to such a tragedy, in what is a fascinating, enigmatic and poignant collection.

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    Paperback | $15.95
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    Mar 06, 2012 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307948861

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    Table Of Contents

    Foreword
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    Introduction
    by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

    The Island of Eternal Life
    by Yoko Tawada

    The Charm
    by Kiyoshi Shigematsu

    Nightcap
    by Yoko Ogawa

    God Bless You, 2011
    with postscript and original 1993 version
    by Hiromi Kawakami

    March Yarn
    by Mieko Kawakami

    Lulu
    by Shinji Ishii

    One Year Later
    by J. D. McClatchy

    Grandma’s Bible
    by Natsuki Ikezawa

    Pieces
    by Mitsuyo Kakuta

    Sixteen Years Later, in the Same Place
    by Hideo Furukawa

    The Crows and the Girl
    by Brother & Sister Nishioka

    Box Story
    by Tetsuya Akikawa

    Dream from a Fisherman’s Boat
    by Barry Yourgrau

    Hiyoriyama
    by Kazumi Saeki

    Ride on Time
    by Kazushige Abe

    Little Eucalyptus Leaves
    by Ryu Murakami

    After the Disaster, Before the Disaster
    by David Peace

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