Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease

An account of Minamata disease, which struck a small Japanese fishing village due to methylmercury poisoning of the sea. Originally published in Japanese in 1972, with this translated edition published by Michigan University Classics in Japanese Studies in 2003 (notes by Livia Monnet).

• Author
• Michiko Ishimure, Livia Monnet

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 416

• Publisher
• U of M Center For Japanese Studies

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781929280254

• Genres
• japan, history, environment

• Release date
• 2003