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Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye - A Journey (Hardcover)
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Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye - A Journey (Hardcover)
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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. As Japan mourned thousands of
people lost in the disaster, Mockett also grieved for her American
father, who had died unexpectedly. Seeking consolation, Mockett is
guided by a colorful cast of Zen priests and ordinary Japanese who
perform rituals that disturb, haunt, and finally uplift her. Her
journey leads her into the radiation zone in an intricate white
hazmat suit; to Eiheiji, a school for Zen Buddhist monks; on a
visit to a Crab Lady and Fuzzy-Headed Priest's temple on Mount
Doom; and into the "thick dark" of the subterranean labyrinth under
Kiyomizu temple, among other twists and turns. From the ecstasy of
a cherry blossom festival in the radiation zone to the ghosts
inhabiting chopsticks, Mockett writes of both the earthly and the
sublime with extraordinary sensitivity. Her unpretentious and
engaging voice makes her the kind of companion a reader wants to
stay with wherever she goes, even into the heart of grief itself.
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