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By Zachary Lazar
Without knowing it, I'd always had two unspoken arrangements with the world. The first was that I would not trouble it with unpleasant conversation...
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Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World (Vintage Departures)
by Pico Iyer
Synopses & Reviews The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan to Argentina, Iyer remains both uncannily observant and hilarious.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679746126
- Subtitle:
- Some Lonely Places of the World
- Author:
- Iyer, Pico
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- Adventure
- Subject:
- Essays & Travelogues
- Subject:
- Voyages and travels
- Subject:
- Iyer, Pico
- Subject:
- Special Interest - Adventure
- Subject:
- Journeys
- Subject:
- Iyer, Pico - Journeys
- Copyright:
- 1993
- Edition Description:
- 1st Vintage departures ed.
- Series:
- Vintage Departures
- Series Volume:
- RCP035
- Publication Date:
- April 1994
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 7.98x5.28x.56 in. .49 lbs.
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