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1. Another Home

Author

Iyer, Pico, Phillips, Caryl, Stan, Corina, editor, and Sussman, Charlotte, editor

Published
2024
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5. Last Rites and Comic Flights: A funeral in a 1984 Japanese film offers moments of slapstick amid the solemnity

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
The Funeral (Motion picture) -- Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers -- Criticism and interpretation, Funerals -- Portrayals, Comedy films -- Criticism and interpretation, General interest, Political science
Abstract

Death stands at the center of life in Japan. In every last household here, the departed enjoy pride of place, their framed portraits and memorial tablets serving as shrines of [...]

Published
2022

10. The World Is Your Zendo.

Author

IYER, PICO

Subjects
BODIES of water, ART, UNDERGROUND construction, FLOATING bodies, SEAFARING life
Abstract

The article discusses the author's experience visiting remote islands in Japan, particularly Naoshima and Teshima, which have become centers for contemporary art. The author reflects on the transformative power of art and the ability of these islands to provide a sense of peace, tradition, and natural beauty. The article emphasizes the importance of being present in the moment and appreciating the beauty and interconnectedness of the world. The author also highlights the efforts of the Fukutake family to revitalize these islands and preserve their unique qualities. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2024

12. Staycations

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Epidemics -- Control -- Social aspects -- United States -- Japan, Quarantine -- Personal narratives -- Social aspects, Hotels and motels -- Services -- United States -- Japan, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

138 hours in solitude turned out to be just the vacation this writer needed. Here was exactly the kind of hotel I had never sought to enter: a generic block [...]

Published
2023

16. The Unexpected Joys of a Quarantine Hotel

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Quarantine, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

138 hours in solitude turned out to be just the vacation this writer needed. Here was exactlythe kind of hotel I had never sought to enter: a generic block in [...]

Published
2023

18. The Trouble With Paradise

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Byline: Pico Iyer One day in my 20s, several decades ago, I got on a plane in New York City and flew across the world. It was dark when I [...]

Published
2023

24. Dao De Jing

Author

Laozi, Tsai, C. C., Adapted and illustrated by, Bruya, Brian, Translated by, Iyer, Pico, Foreword by, Laozi, Tsai, C. C., Bruya, Brian, and Iyer, Pico

Published
2020
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27. The Best Reason to Go to College

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Byline: Pico Iyer It's the same as it ever was: To learn that the world is more than the issues that divide us. As colleges throughout the United States reopen, [...]

Published
2020

28. Our wings may be clipped, but travellers will soar again; OPINION

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Epidemics -- Control -- Prevention, Air travel -- Forecasts and trends -- Canada, Travel industry -- Industry sales and revenue -- Forecasts and trends -- Distribution, COVID-19 -- Distribution -- Prevention, Cruise ships, Hotels and motels, Time, Elderly, Travelers, Market trend/market analysis, Company distribution practices, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: PICO IYER Lead Author of 15 books, including The Art of Stillness and two books about his long-time home, Autumn Light and A Beginner's Guide to Japan Walking around [...]

Published
2020

29. Am I Wiser Than My Grandparents?

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Byline: Pico Iyer Judging the past by the values of today can be its own kind of intolerance. NARA, Japan - In Canada recently, I ran across one of the [...]

Published
2019

30. Troubled Waters

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone (Nonfiction work) -- Parry, Richard Lloyd, Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

GHOSTS OF THE TSUNAMI Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone By Richard Lloyd Parry Illustrated. 295 pp. MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27. Three years after the devastating tsunami of [...]

Published
2017

31. The power of place: eight writers on Paris and other destinations that changed their lives

Author

George, Don, Iyer, Pico, Fuller, Alexandra, Shah, Tahir, Hood, Ann, Gilchrist, Ellen, Mayes, Frances, and Stewart, Stanley

Subjects
South Africa -- Appreciation, Kyoto, Japan -- Appreciation, Uganda -- Description and travel -- Appreciation, San Francisco Bay Area -- Description and travel -- Appreciation, Paris, France -- Description and travel -- Appreciation, Tangier, Morocco -- Appreciation, Mongolia -- Appreciation -- Description and travel, Mexico -- Description and travel -- Appreciation, Life change events -- Personal narratives, Authors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Abstract

La Bonne Vie in Paris By DON GEORGE I first moved to Paris as a French literature undergraduate on a Princeton summer work-abroad program. Living with an aristocratic French family [...]

Published
2012

33. Staying grounded in midair

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Delta Air Lines Inc. -- Exhibitions, Installations (Art) -- Exhibitions, Airlines -- Exhibitions, Business, Travel industry
Abstract

It's the balance between Pico Iyer's interior landscapes --sometimes distant, sometimes intimate--and the places he explores that sets him apart from other travel writers. An essayist for Time since 1982 [...]

Published
2015

34. The great wide open: a land of silvery light and cherished silences, astonishing peaks and local drollery, gold rush saloons and sealskin tumblers, Alaska perpetuates the belief that anything is possible

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Alaska -- Description and travel -- Appreciation, History
Abstract

We were flying what seemed only inches above 20,300-foot-high Mount McKinley, now more often called by its Athabaskan name--Denali. Below our six-seat Cessna was a glacier extending 36 miles from [...]

Published
2009

36. Aloha, Japan!

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Hawaii -- Description and travel, Hotels and motels -- Hawaii, Hotels and motels -- Services, Japanese Americans -- Social aspects, Japanese Americans -- History, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

37. A life in the world

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Travel in literature -- Authorship, Authors -- Practice, Travel -- United States, Travel -- Appreciation, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

39. 'A new kind of mongrel fiction'

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Divisadero (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Published
2007

40. The magic mountain

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Koyasan, Japan -- Description and travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2007

42. The Beauty of the Ordinary

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Byline: Pico Iyer We treasure autumn days as reminders of everything we must not take for granted. NARA, Japan - Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. [...]

Published
2019

43. In the Realm of The Gods

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Greece -- Description and travel -- Personal narratives, Greek culture -- Appreciation, Recreation -- Personal narratives, Hotels and motels, Smart phones, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A Journey Into Greece's Land of a Thousand Stories By Pico Iyer I STEPPED INTO a taxi on my arrival in Athens and mentioned the name of one of the [...]

Published
2019

44. The twilight zone

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Australia -- Description and travel, Deserts -- Description and travel, Travel industry, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2006

45. Let's go slightly crazy

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Singapore -- Description and travel, Cities and towns -- Description and travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2006

46. Finding Rio

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City) -- Description and travel, Travel, recreation and leisure
Abstract

The travel and tourism details of Brazil' s magical city of beaches, samba and carnivals, Rio De Janeiro, are discussed.

Published
2005

47. The Crossing

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
The Crossing (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary
Published
1995

48. Summing him up

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Somerset Maugham: A Life (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Published
2004

50. Unraveling Ariadne's Thread

Author

Iyer, Pico

Subjects
Authorship -- Personal narratives -- Psychological aspects, Coincidence -- Psychological aspects -- Personal narratives, General interest, Political science, Influence, Psychological aspects, Personal narratives
Abstract

Dreams, Graham Greene believed--his last major book, published after his death, was a record of his dreams--come to us as much from the future as from the past. They exist [...]

Published
2004

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