Bibliograph

Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye, a journey, Marie Mutsuki Mockett

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Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye, a journey, Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye

Oclc number

880566153

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Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Sub title

a journey

Summary

Seeking consolation after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster of 2011, 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 Priests temple on Mount Doom; and into the 'thick dark' of the subterranean labyrinth under Kiyomizu temple, among other twists and turns

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