{"product_id":"when-the-waves-came-paperback","title":"When the Waves Came - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Larson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary accomplishment and an important piece of writing...\" Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e \"MW Larson has made an important contribution to the English-speaking world's understanding of the events in Japan during and after March 11, 2011. Larson's book captures the complexity of what happened: a triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident that took the lives of almost 20,000 people, and uprooted hundreds of thousands more. Larson gives a textured and compassionate account of those events via the accounts of people who lived through them. He shows a journalist's ability to listen, and a novelist's flair for bringing those stories to life. He also shows an intense concern for the fate of Tohoku, having spent much time himself up in the disaster zone, which shows in his feel for places and the people. The personal connection makes the story all the more compelling, as the disaster has clearly changed Larson's life as well. Well done \" -- Martin Fackler, former Tokyo bureau chief for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Vivid and precise and efficient, each line impeccably elegant yet packed with concrete information...\" -- Valerie Laken, author of \u003ci\u003eSeparate Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDream House\u003c\/i\u003e Larson follows the lives of a hairdresser, a caf  owner, a cattle rancher, and a nuclear-energy worker from the moment the 2011 tsunami hit Japan's Tohoku region through the subsequent years of recovery, grief, and frustration. In simple, straightforward prose, Larson chronicles their attempts to recover what they had lost despite a government response replete with missed opportunities and predictable missteps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.W. LARSON earned his MFA at The Ohio State University and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A former Fulbright scholar he has published fiction and nonfiction in Colorado Review, The Iowa Review, Ninth Letter, and Witness. He lives with his wife in Tokyo and teaches English and writing at the University of Tsukuba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693086773311,"sku":"9781634059817","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9144590ea46c9b90f876c05c32196c7f.webp?v=1764997707","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/when-the-waves-came-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}