I appreciated the conversation about death, directed toward adolescents yet fit for all. In an instant, a tsunami destroys a Japanese town and kills most of its inhabitants, including the parents of young Jiya, who is then taken in by a farming family who lives higher up the hill. The Big Wave takes a bold look at death without mincing words. I don’t think any of us realized just how short it was until we found it on our library shelves! Nevertheless, as Buck fans, we were all pretty pleased with the story and with the discussion that it ignited. Buck’s short novel, The Big Wave was the third book of ten in my Siblings‘ 2018 Book Club. We do not fear death because we understand that life and death are necessary to each other.” (Pearl S. But to live bravely, to love life, to see how beautiful the trees are and the mountains, yes, and even the sea, to enjoy work because it produces food for life-in these things we Japanese are a fortunate people. “To die a little later or a little sooner does not matter.
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