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Book Summary
Iyer experiences and depicts these lonely places with the same wit, vitality and
insight that distinguish his first two books—and the result is a memorable
gallery of countries poignantly isolated in spirit and time'—San Francisco
Examiner
What does the elegant nostalgia of Argentina have in common with the raffish
nonchalance of Australia? And what do both these countries have in common with
North Korea? They are all `lonely places' cut off from the rest of the world by
geography, ideology or sheer weirdness. And they have all attracted the
attention of Pico Iyer.
Whether he is documenting the cruising rites of Icelandic teenagers, being
interrogated by tipsy Cuban police
ISBN-13
9780143032106
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Penguin India
Publishing Date
2004
Product Edition
1
Falling Off The Map : Some Lonely Places Of The World
Iyer experiences and depicts these lonely places with the same wit, vitality and
insight that distinguish his first two books—and the result is a memorable
gallery of countries poignantly isolated in spirit and time'—San Francisco
Examiner
What does the elegant nostalgia of Argentina have in common with the raffish
nonchalance of Australia? And what do both these countries have in common with
North Korea? They are all `lonely places' cut off from the rest of the world by
geography, ideology or sheer weirdness. And they have all attracted the
attention of Pico Iyer.
Whether he is documenting the cruising rites of Icelandic teenagers, being
interrogated by tipsy Cuban police