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Overview"From the acclaimed author of Video Nights in Kathmandu comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the cultural ramifications of globalization and the rising tide of worldwide displacement. Beginning in Los Angeles International Airport, where town life—shops, services, sociability—is available without a town, Pico Iyer takes us on a tour of the transnational village our world has become. From Hong Kong, where people actually live in self-contained hotels, to Atlanta's Olympic Village, which seems to inadvertently commemorate a sort of corporate universalism, to Japan, where in the midst of alien surfaces his apartment building is called ""The Memphis,"" Iyer ponders what the word ""home"" can possibly mean in a world whose face is blurred by its cultural fusion and its alarmingly rapid rate of change." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pico IyerPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.00cm Weight: 0.266kg ISBN: 9780679776116ISBN 10: 0679776117 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 13 March 2001 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 ContentsReviewsPowerful and essential reading for anyone trying to understand the modern world. Minneapolis Star Tribune Powerful and essential reading for anyone trying to understand the modern world. - Minneapolis Star Tribune Author InformationPico Iyer is the author of five previous books, including Video Night in Kathmandu and The Lady and the Monk. He lives in suburban Japan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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