The half known life : in search of paradise / Pico Iyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iyer, Pico, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life.

Travel--Religious aspects.

Travel.

Paradise.

Physical Description:

225 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

1/2 known life

In search of paradise

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.

Summary:

"Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others, it's in our midst -- or just across the ocean -- if only we can find eyes to see it. Traveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama's Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld -- or can it be found in the here and now? For almost fifty years Iyer has been roaming the world, mixing a global soul's delight in observing cultures with a pilgrim's readiness to be transformed. In this culminating work, he brings together the outer world and the inner to offer us a surprising, original, often beautiful exploration of how we might come upon paradise in the midst of our very real lives."-- Amazon.com

Contents:

The walled garden

The promised land

On the lake

Wrath

The holy city

The morning of the world

A lotus in mud

City of tomorrow

Afterworld

The flames of heaven.

Other Format:

Online version: Iyer, Pico. Half known life

ISBN:

9780593420256

059342025X

OCLC:

1356411137