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About Pico Iyer
English-born essayist and novelist
Pico Iyer is an English-born essayist and novelist known chiefly for his travel writing. He is best known for books about crossing cultures and for essays shaped by life between places. His work includes Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, and The Global Soul. He has also written for Time, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times, and his writing often returns to travel, identity, and cultural exchange.
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- “What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful…”Pico Iyer
- “If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in com…”Pico Iyer
The Internet: more sayings
- “We can all look on the Internet and go, 'He hates me! Oh, but she loves me. Oh, but he hates me,' you know. A…”Martin Freeman
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Wisdom: more sayings
- “True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your c…”Shannon L. Alder
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Books by Pico Iyer
The Open Road
2008
The Global Soul
2000
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
2019
Sun After Dark
2004
Cuba and the Night
1995