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Title: Tropical Classical : Essays from Several Directions by Pico Iyer ISBN: 0-679-77610-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not what we might expect
Comment: I like Pico Iyer enough to say I have read all his books. This is by far the worst. I struggled to finish it. Filled with book reviews and essays on things like the use of commas it is not what I have come to expect from him. The first 50 pages were ok, but after that it went down hill. I was in Hokkaido Japan over Xmas with this book, hoping to read it near the fire at night. I resorted to my only alternative -- reading Japanese Manga in Japanese (which I can barely read) rather than face this book again. Buy another selection by Pico, not this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Imagine a pomegranate--juicy, pithy, tart and satisfying.
Comment: After hearing Pico Iyer speak I began devouring TROPICAL CLASSICAL only to discover it's not an easy read. There are many jewels of interest and pleasure in these essays, but I delighted most in Iyer's use of simple-looking words I don't quite know. The dictionary always revealed a definition so pure any other word would have missed the point. Like Barry Lopez, Iyer exposes his views of the world in rich detail and focus. He's so full of experience none of these pieces are throwaway blurbs, yet he ends celebrating silence.
Rating: 4
Summary: A unique abilty to bring out what is truly fascinating
Comment: A "classic" look at Iyers work and his uncanny abiltity to seek out the fascinating. He is a travelers traveler, and makes proper leaps to the heart of the matter. He writes to the soul of those who travel, those who understand the paradoxical nature of the world today. With a fluid style and often giddy manor, i am often forced to test my own conclusions and my evaluations of places and spaces.
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Title: Falling Off the Map : Some Lonely Places of The World by Pico Iyer ISBN: 0679746129 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Video Night in Kathmandu : And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East by Pico Iyer ISBN: 0679722165 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 18 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Global Soul : Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home by Pico Iyer ISBN: 0679776117 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Cuba and the Night : A Novel by Pico Iyer ISBN: 067976075X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Lady and the Monk : Four Seasons in Kyoto by Pico Iyer ISBN: 0679738347 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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