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Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : 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"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393063011
ISBN: 0393063011
Physical Description: xii, 316 pages ; 25 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Disaster 1 -- 2 Temple 11 -- 3 Great Parting 28 -- 4 Winter Demons 45 -- 5 Spring Blossoms 54 -- 6 Buddha on the Archipelago: A History in Five Lessons 70 -- 7 Sitting Together 84 -- 8 Eating Together 98 -- 9 Little Princess 120 -- 10 Parting the Atoms 131 -- 11 Where the Dead Go 159 -- 12 Underworld 176 -- 13 Summer Visitors 201 -- 14 Farewell to Old Souls 223 -- 15 Autumn Colors 252 -- 16 Blind Medium 268 -- 17 Darth Vader 285 -- 18 Message from the Other World 299.