Tropical classical
Subtitle: essays from several directions
By: Pico Iyer
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: A.A. Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780679454328
Subjects: American essays; Travel; Anecdotes
Notes: Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Ethiopia : prayers in the wilderness; title: Nepal : movie days in Kathmandu; title: Tibet : the life and times of the Potala Palace; title: The East India Company : Oxbridge-on-the-Hooghly; title: Bombay : Hobson-Jobson on the streets; title: The new world's new world : making itself up and over; title: New York : a city in black and white; title: A hermitage in California : a life outside time; title: Norman Lewis : a curious collector of curiosities; title: Tenzin Gyatso : Tibet's guiding star; title: Peter Matthiessen : in search of the crane; title: Peter Brook : autumn of the rebel patriarch; title: Welcome to the age of tropical classical; title: A junglified Victoria : reef by Romesh Gunesekera; title: Jane Austen in Calcutta : A suitable boy by Vikram Seth; title: The mailman from Malgudi: Malgudi days by R.K. Narayan; title: Prosaic justice all around : Salman Rushdie vs. the Ayatollah; title: Pop goes the culture: East, West by Salman Rushdie; title: In praise of folly : Three continents by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; The web by Andrew Harvey; title: The spiritual import-export market : Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai; title: Waiting upon history : The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro; title: A Martian in Mittel Europe : The unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro; title: A small, bewildered foreigner : Paddington's storybook by Michael Bond; title: Tourists at home : The Misalliance by Anita Brookner ; Persian nights by Diane Johnson; title: The meek inherit no earth : Grace abounding by Maureen Howard ; No fond return of love by Barbara Pym.; title: (Cont'd) Richard Burton in the Peace Corps : The happy isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux; title: An Englishman in Paradise : Spring street summer by Christopher Hudson; title: Private eye, public conscience : the works of Raymond Chandler; title: An American song of enthusiasm : Henry Miller at 100; title: Searching for America : Sundog by Jim Harrison; title: A connoisseur of fear : White noise by Don DeLillo; title: Black-magic realism : The crossing by Cormac McCarthy; title: In the shadow of the '60s : The burning house by Ann Beattie; title: A waiting room for death : A match to the heart by Gretel Ehrlich; title: In praise of the humble comma; title: Excuse-moi! Speakez-vous Franglais?; title: For Japan, see Oscar Wilde; title: Through the Cuban looking glass; title: The rise of minority terrorism; title: History? Education? Zap! Pow! Cut!; title: Authors' photos and the tyranny of the image; title: Perhaps the best article on blurbs I've written today; title: The contagion of innocence; title: A midsummer night's dream : The sequel; title: The ultimate near-life experience; title: Of weirdos and eccentrics; title: 9/9/1991; title: Sleeping with the enemy; title: The competitive advantage of seasons; title: Confessions of a frequent flier; title: The new enemies of promise; title: The Lears : an American tragedy; title: A game of instants; title: Silence.