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The half known life in search of paradise

"A journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Iyer, Pico (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
Subjects:	Spiritual life. Travel > Religious aspects. Paradise.
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Summary:	"A journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world"--
Physical Description:	225 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780593420256 059342025X
Author Notes:	Pico Iyer was born in Oxford, England to Indian parents, who immigrated to California in 1957. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University and a second masters degree from Harvard University. From 1982 to 1985, he was a writer for Time magazine. Following a leave of absence to visit Asia, Iyer wrote Video Nights in Katmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East. In 1986 he returned to Time as a contributor. He also contributes regularly to Conde Nast Traveler magazine. Pico Iyer has written several other travel books including The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto; Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places in the World; and Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions. (Bowker Author Biography)