Ghosts of the Tsunami
Writer: Richard LLoyd Parry
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Type: Hard Cover
Pages: 251
Genre: non-fiction
Published: 2017
ISBN: 9781911214182This is a handsome hardcover, the dust jacket has a shinny wave very reminiscent of The Great Wave of Kanagawa. Under the dust cover is a nice blue tome with metallic silver title on the spine. There a five maps at the beginning which are very helpful, and some black and white pictures. The book ends with extensive notes and index.
I will note right upfront this book isn't as advertised. I pre ordered this book based on the description on a bookstore website. It was described as an exploration of the paranormal events encountered after the 2011 Japan Tsunami. But while the book does indeed address some of the paranormal, that certainly is not the main focus of the work.
It isn't until eight chapters in that we really get a good look at some paranormal activity. But the work is fascinating anyway. It examines the Tsunami and its effect on the people. The book deals especially with one school that lost many children.
The book examines grief, politics, law, precognitive dreams, possession, ancestor worship, all in relation to the Tsunami.
Despite the book not being what i expected, i did really enjoy it. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the Tsunami, grief and survival. It really doesn't deal with enough paranormal activity to highly recommend it to the parapsychologist unless your also interested in the non paranormal aspects of the Tsunami.
I really do wish someone would write a book on the paranormal activity related to the Tsunami.
