Tropical classical : essays from several directions / Pico Iyer.
| Author/creator | Iyer, Pico |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997. |
| Description | xiv, 314 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Ethiopia : prayers in the wilderness -- Nepal : movie days in Kathmandu -- Tibet : the life and times of the Potala Palace -- The East India Company : Oxbridge-on-the-Hooghly -- Bombay : Hobson-Jobson on the streets -- The new world's new world : making itself up and over -- New York : a city in black and white -- A hermitage in California : a life outside time -- Norman Lewis : a curious collector of curiosities -- Tenzin Gyatso : Tibet's guiding star -- Peter Matthiessen : in search of the crane -- Peter Brook : autumn of the rebel patriarch -- Welcome to the age of tropical classical -- A junglified Victoria : reef by Romesh Gunesekera -- Jane Austen in Calcutta : A suitable boy by Vikram Seth -- The mailman from Malgudi: Malgudi days by R.K. Narayan -- Prosaic justice all around : Salman Rushdie vs. the Ayatollah -- Pop goes the culture: East, West by Salman Rushdie -- In praise of folly : Three continents by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; The web by Andrew Harvey -- The spiritual import-export market : Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai -- Waiting upon history : The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro -- A Martian in Mittel Europe : The unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro -- A small, bewildered foreigner : Paddington's storybook by Michael Bond -- Tourists at home : The Misalliance by Anita Brookner ; Persian nights by Diane Johnson -- The meek inherit no earth : Grace abounding by Maureen Howard ; No fond return of love by Barbara Pym. |
| Contents | (Cont'd) Richard Burton in the Peace Corps : The happy isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux -- An Englishman in Paradise : Spring street summer by Christopher Hudson -- Private eye, public conscience : the works of Raymond Chandler -- An American song of enthusiasm : Henry Miller at 100 -- Searching for America : Sundog by Jim Harrison -- A connoisseur of fear : White noise by Don DeLillo -- Black-magic realism : The crossing by Cormac McCarthy -- In the shadow of the '60s : The burning house by Ann Beattie -- A waiting room for death : A match to the heart by Gretel Ehrlich -- In praise of the humble comma -- Excuse-moi! Speakez-vous Franglais? -- For Japan, see Oscar Wilde -- Through the Cuban looking glass -- The rise of minority terrorism -- History? Education? Zap! Pow! Cut! -- Authors' photos and the tyranny of the image -- Perhaps the best article on blurbs I've written today -- The contagion of innocence -- A midsummer night's dream : The sequel -- The ultimate near-life experience -- Of weirdos and eccentrics -- 9/9/1991 -- Sleeping with the enemy -- The competitive advantage of seasons -- Confessions of a frequent flier -- The new enemies of promise -- The Lears : an American tragedy -- A game of instants -- Silence. |
| LCCN | 96038578 |
| ISBN | 0679454322 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3559.Y47 T76 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |