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The Half Known Life

Finding Paradise in a Divided World
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The Half Known Life follows acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer on a profound journey to the world's holiest sites. From Jerusalem to Belfast, North Korea, Iran, and Japan, Iyer explores the paradox of searching for paradise amid global conflict. His inward and outward travels challenge the idea that paradise lies only in the past or future, suggesting instead it can be found here and now, in the heart of a troubled world.
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'Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece' Elizabeth Gilbert

'A work of spiritual evolution [and] inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors' Washington Post

One of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an exploration of the world's holiest places and where we might find paradise on Earth.

It’s so easy, I thought, to place Paradise in the past or the future – anywhere but here.

After half a century of travel, Pico Iyer asks himself what kind of paradise can ever be found in a world of unceasing conflict. In a spectacular journey, both inward and outward, he roams the globe from Jerusalem to Belfast to North Korea, from crowded mosques in Iran to a holy mountain in Japan. By the end, he has upended any of our expectations and dared to suggest that we can find paradise right in the heart of our angry and confused world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526655011

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Circus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Pico Iyer is the author of fifteen books, translated into twenty-three languages. He has been a contributor for more than thirty years to the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time and Harper’s Magazine, and has written for many more publications worldwide, including the New York Review of Books, Granta and the Financial Times. His four recent talks for TED have received more than ten million views. www.picoiyerjourneys.com

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