Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey / Marie Mutsuki Mockett.
Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey / Marie Mutsuki Mockett.
Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey / Marie Mutsuki Mockett.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2015/1093
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 316 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- The disaster -- The temple -- The great parting -- Winter demons -- Spring blossoms -- Buddha on the archipelago -- A history in five lessons -- Sitting together -- Eating together -- The little princess -- Parting the atoms -- Where the dead go -- Underworld -- Summer visitors -- Farewe...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"An intimate voyage into Japanese culture and spirituality, culminating in one of Japan's most sacred places. Marie Mutsuki Mockett's family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March 2011, after the earthquake and tsunami, radiation levels prohibited the burial of her Japanese grandfather's bones. At t...
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Full title
Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey / Marie Mutsuki Mockett.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/1093
Record Identifier
74VKOyZOMrWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOyZOMrWy
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ISBN
0393063011 (hardcover)
9780393063011 (hardcover)
DDC
952/.117
MMS ID
991022633429702626
