{"product_id":"sun-after-dark-flights-into-the-foreign-paperback","title":"Sun After Dark: Flights Into the Foreign - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePico Iyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the best travel writers now at work in the English language brings back the sights and sounds from a dozen different frontiers. A cryptic encounter in the perfumed darkness of Bali; a tour of a Bolivian prison, conducted by an enterprising inmate; a nightmarish taxi ride across southern Yemen, where the men with guns may be customs inspectors or revolutionaries-these are just three of the stops on Pico Iyer's latest itinerary. \u003cbr\u003eBut the true subject of \u003cb\u003eSun After Dark\u003c\/b\u003e is the dislocations of the mind in transit. And so Iyer takes us along to meditate with Leonard Cohen and talk geopolitics with the Dalai Lama. He navigates the Magritte-like landscape of jet lag, \"a place that no human had ever been until forty or so years ago.\" And on every page of this poetic and provocative book, he compels us to redraw our map of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the best travel writers now at work in the English language brings back the sights and sounds from a dozen different frontiers. A cryptic encounter in the perfumed darkness of Bali; a tour of a Bolivian prison, conducted by an enterprising inmate; a nightmarish taxi ride across southern Yemen, where the men with guns may be customs inspectors or revolutionaries-these are just three of the stops on Pico Iyer's latest itinerary. \u003cbr\u003eBut the true subject of Sun After Dark is the dislocations of the mind in transit. And so Iyer takes us along to meditate with Leonard Cohen and talk geopolitics with the Dalai Lama. He navigates the Magritte-like landscape of jet lag, \"a place that no human had ever been until forty or so years ago.\" And on every page of this poetic and provocative book, he compels us to redraw our map of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePico Iyer is the author of several books about cultures converging, including \u003cb\u003eVideo Night in Kathmandu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lady and the Monk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Global Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003cb\u003eAbandon\u003c\/b\u003e. His articles appear often in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in suburban Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.08 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47394087076089,"sku":"9781400031030","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/52Z2wCDXOp9781400031030.webp?v=1770258498","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sun-after-dark-flights-into-the-foreign-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}