Pico Iyer offers an honest, anecdotal and arguably basic cultural kaleidoscope view of Japan | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Pico Iyer offers an honest, anecdotal and arguably basic cultural kaleidoscope view of Japan | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Updated: November 24, 2019 8:22:53 am

Pico Iyer offers an honest, anecdotal and arguably basic cultural kaleidoscope view of Japan

The book is a collection of aphoristic paragraphs arranged, apparently, in a fan-shaped design. The pretty cover seems to play with this idea, to take the reader on a journey from the outer to the inner, from arrival to the end and a new beginning.

Book cover of A Beginner’s Guide to Japan.

Title: A Beginners Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
Author: Pico Iyer
Publication: Penguin Viking
Pages: 288
Price: Rs 499