The Vanished: The Evaporated People of Japan in Stories and Photographs by Léna Mauger, Brian Phalen, Stéphane Remael

The Vanished: The Evaporated People of Japan in Stories and Photographs

Léna Mauger, Brian Phalen, Stéphane Remael

272 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history mysterious slow-paced
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Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu, or the 'evaporated', they are often driven by shame and hopelessness leaving behind lost jobs, disappointed families and mounting debts. In The Vanished...

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