Ce n'est pas un hasard

A poignant chronicle created by Ryoko Sekiguchi who experiences the terrible events of the 2011 Fukushima disaster and the bitter aftermath from an agonizing distance.

Living in Paris, she narrates her feelings and thoughts during the period of crisis. In direct, clear, sharp writing, she entrusts us with her agony over the repercussions of the disaster and the future of her family in Japan, her discussions with Japanese friends living in France, her anger towards the ones whose actions led to an extreme death toll, her thoughts on the psychosynthesis and the very nature of what it means to be in the centre of a catastrophe, and the stereotypes regarding the stoicism and ‘‘calm'' of the Japanese people.

Without sugarcoating the state of things, without condemning or pointing the finger, she gives us a fascinating and thought-provoking memoir of one of the most important and terrifying moments of our century.