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Distributed by Random House

Pub. Date

1991

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
952.186 IYE 1991
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While studying the old Japanese culture in Kyoto, Pico Iyer meets Sachiko. The mother of two children, she is the unhappy housewife of an absent businessman, who yearns for the freedoms of the West. Through her, Iyers learns about the conflicts and complexities of modern-day Japan.

2) The half known life: in search of paradise

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Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
203.5 IYER 2023
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
203.5 IYER 2023
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"A journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world"-- "From “one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time” (Brain Pickings): a journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world. “Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul…A masterpiece.” — #1 New York Times...

3) Sun after dark

Author

Publisher

A.A. Knopf

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.4 IYE 2004
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4) Autumn light: season of fire and farewells

Author

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
952.184 IYER 2019
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"From one of our most astute observers of human nature, a far-reaching exploration of Japanese history and culture and a moving meditation on impermanence, mortality, and grief. For years, Pico Iyer has split his time between California and Nara, Japan, where he and his Japanese wife Hiroko have a small home. But when his father-in-law dies suddenly, calling him back to Japan earlier than expected, Iyer begins to grapple with the question we all have...

5) A beginner's guide to Japan: observations and provocations

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Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel writers--a unique, indispensable guide to the enigma of contemporary Japan. After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the strangest place on earth. "Arguably the world's greatest living travel writer" (Outside). He draws on readings, reflections,...