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Global Soul

Pico Iyer
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      In the global village that our world has become, travel and technology fuel each other and us. "Everywhere is made up of everywhere else," motion is our most constant state of being, our very souls have been put into circulation. Yet, as Pico Iyer points out in his fresh, acutely observant, and witty new book, even a global person must have a home. Using his own multicultural upbringing (Indian, American, British) as a point of departure, Iyer sets out on a journey - both physical and psychological - toward a definition of home in this world gone mobile. He travels: to Los Angeles International Airport, where town life (shops, services, sociability) is available without a town; to Hong Kong, where hotels are self-contained communities; to Toronto, made cosmopolitan by its emigre population; to Atlanta, where the Olympic Village unintentionally commemorates the mass-produced universalism that shapes the games; to England, where the effects of empire-as-global-village are still being sorted out; and, to Japan, where Iyer unexpectedly, and finally, finds a home for himself.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Pico Iyer EAN: 9780747553502 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 240 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-06-04 CITY: GENRE: TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Travel writing

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      Pico Iyer is the author of five previous books, including THE LADY AND THE MONK and VIDEO NIGHT IN KATHMANDU, also available from Bloomsbury. He lives in suburban Japan.
      In the global village that our world has become, travel and technology fuel each other and us. "Everywhere is made up of everywhere else," motion is our most constant state of being, our very souls have been put into circulation. Yet, as Pico Iyer points out in his fresh, acutely observant, and witty new book, even a global person must have a home. Using his own multicultural upbringing (Indian, American, British) as a point of departure, Iyer sets out on a journey - both physical and psychological - toward a definition of home in this world gone mobile. He travels: to Los Angeles International Airport, where town life (shops, services, sociability) is available without a town; to Hong Kong, where hotels are self-contained communities; to Toronto, made cosmopolitan by its emigre population; to Atlanta, where the Olympic Village unintentionally commemorates the mass-produced universalism that shapes the games; to England, where the effects of empire-as-global-village are still being sorted out; and, to Japan, where Iyer unexpectedly, and finally, finds a home for himself.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Pico Iyer EAN: 9780747553502 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 240 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-06-04 CITY: GENRE: TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Travel writing

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      Pico Iyer is the author of five previous books, including THE LADY AND THE MONK and VIDEO NIGHT IN KATHMANDU, also available from Bloomsbury. He lives in suburban Japan.

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