Striking & Powerful Quote: "There will be some things that people will see…and there will be something that people won’t see. These things happen. And life goes on"(p124).
Word-Image: "With each passing day the notices on the telephone poles grow increasingly faint. And then, one morning, there is not a single notice to be found, and for a moment the town feels oddly naked, and it is almost as if the Japanese were never here at all"(p121).
Sound-Image: "A warning shot. A muffled sob. A line of people disappearing into the night" (p124).
Haiku: The rusted Buddha Hides in memory’s attic Parinirvana.
"There will be some things that people will see…and there will be something that people won’t see. These things happen. And life goes on"(p124).
Word-Image:
"With each passing day the notices on the telephone poles grow increasingly faint. And then, one morning, there is not a single notice to be found, and for a moment the town feels oddly naked, and it is almost as if the Japanese were never here at all"(p121).
Sound-Image:
"A warning shot. A muffled sob. A line of people disappearing into the night" (p124).
Haiku:
The rusted Buddha
Hides in memory’s attic
Parinirvana.