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OverviewOne of the best travel writers now at work in the English language brings back the sights and sounds from a dozen different frontiers. A cryptic encounter in the perfumed darkness of Bali; a tour of a Bolivian prison, conducted by an enterprising inmate; a nightmarish taxi ride across southern Yemen, where the men with guns may be customs inspectors or revolutionaries–these are just three of the stops on Pico Iyer’s latest itinerary. But the true subject of Sun After Dark is the dislocations of the mind in transit. And so Iyer takes us along to meditate with Leonard Cohen and talk geopolitics with the Dalai Lama. He navigates the Magritte-like landscape of jet lag, “a place that no human had ever been until forty or so years ago.” And on every page of this poetic and provocative book, he compels us to redraw our map of the world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pico IyerPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 20.00cm Weight: 0.232kg ISBN: 9781400031030ISBN 10: 1400031036 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 12 April 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews“As a guide to far-flung places, Pico Iyer can hardly be surpassed.” – The New Yorker <br>“If Iyer is only a travel writer, then so was Henry James.” –Los Angeles Times <br> “Iyer brings . . . startling freshness to his accounts of travel. . . . Ranks as one of Iyer's best books.” –The Seattle Times <br>“Pico Iyer’s remarkable talent is enough justification for going anywhere in the world he fancies.” – Washington Post Book World <br>“Brilliant . . . [Iyer] reflects back at us images from a post-colonial world that is gorgeously complex and stubbornly elusive, yet firmly within his grasp.” – New York Times <br>"Pico Iyer is among the finest travel writers of his generation." – Time<br> <br>“Iyer travels to places that many of us have never been to, and may never go to. . . . Iyer writes beautifully, and I was happy to follow wherever his wanderings (physical and s Author InformationPico Iyer is the author of several books about cultures converging, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, and, most recently, Abandon. His articles appear often in such magazines as Harper’s, Time, and the New York Review of Books. He lives in suburban Japan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |