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Video Night in Kathmandu

Name: Video Night in Kathmandu
ISBN: 9780679722168

And Other Reports From the Not-so-far East

Pico Iyer

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 18, 1989

Reading lane: India & South Asia Travel

Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.

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Why This Clicks

Unexpected Juxtapositions

A traveler's eye catches the jarring details that unsettle easy ideas of the Far East.

Come here for

Cultural contrasts from Bali to Hong Kong and Bombay
Travel writing alert to the unexpected

Expect

Brief, vivid glimpses across places
The familiar and startling side by side

Book Details

Authors: Pico Iyer
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: June 18, 1989
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: India & South Asia Travel · Central Asia Travel
Reading lane: India & South Asia Travel

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India & South Asia Travel
Travel Writing

About This Book

Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.