Southminster United Church •
15 Aylmer Ave.
7:00pm
CANCELLED: A Beginner's Guide to Japan
One on One with Pico Iyer
Hosted by Peter Schneider
Tuesday
Oct , 2019
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The beauty of its prose and the quality of its insight, this gentle, reflective reminiscence reveals again Iyer's literary virtuosity . . . Much of what makes Autumn Light so enchanting is the effortless way Iyer extracts meaning from life's quotidian details . . . Arresting . . . he reveals fundamental truths in an unobtrusively aphoristic style . . . An ideal volume to read and read again for both pleasure and wisdom.
Please note: Due to flight cancellations at the Ottawa Airport, Pico Iyer cannot make it to Ottawa tonight! His plane circled Ottawa for a while and was sent back to Pearson where he was notified that they could not get him here. We hope to have him back again soon! Refunds avaulable from point of purchase. We apologize for the inconvenience.
After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the strangest place on earth. "Arguably the world's greatest living travel writer" (Outside). He draws on readings, reflections, and conversations with Japanese friends to illuminate an unknown place for newcomers, and to give longtime residents a look at their home through fresh eyes.
A Beginner's Guide to Japan is a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture. Iyer's adventures and observations as he travels from a meditation-hall to a love-hotel, from West Point to Kyoto Station, make for a constantly surprising series of provocations guaranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don't know Japan, and to remind those who do of the wide range of fascinations the country and culture contain.
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