The Global Soul by Pico Iyer
From the acclaimed author of Video Nights in Kathmandu comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the cultural ramifications of globalization and the rising tide of worldwide displacement. Beginning in Los Angeles International Airport, where town life--shops, services, sociability--is available without a town, Pico Iyer takes us on a tour of the transnational village our world has become. From Hong Kong, where people actually live in self-contained hotels, to Atlanta's Olympic Village, which seems to inadvertently commemorate a sort of corporate universalism, to Japan, where in the midst of alien surfaces his apartment building is called The Memphis, Iyer ponders what the word home can possibly mean in a world whose face is blurred by its cultural fusion and its alarmingly rapid rate of change.Pico Iyer is the author of fifteen novels that have been translated into twenty-three languages, and he has contributed to Time, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and more than 250 other publications throughout the world for more than thirty years. More than ten million people have watched his four recent TED presentations. Picoiyer Journeys can be found at www.picoiyerjourneys.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679776116 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679776117 |
| Title | The Global Soul |
| Author | Pico Iyer |
| Series | Vintage Departures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2001-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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