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Ghosts Of The Tsunami
''Ghosts Of The Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone'' is a 2017 non-fiction book written by Richard Lloyd Parry, an English reporter who lived in Japan and reported about events there for years before the 2011 Japanese tsunami, in particular, the fatal decision-making leading to the drowning of the 74 students and 10 teachers of Okawa Elementary School (石巻市立大川小学校). In this book, Parry examines and recounts the devastating impact of the 2011 tsunami on Japanese survivors, communities and society at large, including years later. "It's a...chronicle of a disaster that, six years later, still seems incomprehensible." Awards and honours *2018 Folio Prize The Rathbones Folio Prize, previously known as the Folio Prize and The Literature Prize, is a literary award that was sponsored by the London-based publisher The Folio Society for its first two years, 2014–2015. Starting in 2017 the sponsor is ... References External linksPublisher's book websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lloyd Parry
Richard Lloyd Parry (born 1969) is a British foreign correspondent and writer. He is the Asia Editor of ''The Times'' of London, based in Tokyo, and is the author of the non-fiction books ''In the Time of Madness'', ''People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman'', and ''Ghosts of the Tsunami''. Early life He was born in Southport, Lancashire, and was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and Oxford University. His interest in the Far East was sparked by a trip to Japan in 1986 that was awarded to him as a prize when he appeared on the UK TV quiz show ''Blockbusters (UK game show), Blockbusters''. Career in journalism In 1995, he became Tokyo correspondent of the British newspaper ''The Independent'' and began reporting from other countries in Asia. In 1998 he covered the fall of President Suharto in Indonesia, and the violence which followed the independence referendum in East Timor. In 2002, he moved to ''The Times''. Altogether he has worked in twenty-seven c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
