Pico Iyer has written nonfiction books on globalism, Japan, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and forgotten places, and novels on Revolutionary Cuba and Islamic mysticism. He regularly writes about literature for The New York Review of Books; about travel for the Financial Times; and about global culture and the news for Time, The New York Times, and magazines around the world.
"[Iyer] is a sharp-eyed and thoughtful observer, and he is
successful in evoking the life of Kyoto's malls, temples, and back
streets, moonlit nights on the water, and the vulgarity of the
Westernized nightclub and amusement quarter." -- New Yorker
"Pico Iyers remarkable talent is enough justification for going
anywhere in the world he fancies." -- Washington Post Book World
"[Iyer] is a sharp-eyed and thoughtful observer, and he is
successful in evoking the life of Kyoto's malls, temples, and back
streets, moonlit nights on the water, and the vulgarity of the
Westernized nightclub and amusement quarter." -- New Yorker
"Pico Iyers remarkable talent is enough justification for going
anywhere in the world he fancies." -- Washington Post Book World
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