Sun After Dark: Flights Into the Foreign
Sun After Dark: Flights Into the Foreign by Pico Iyer is a reprint edition published by Vintage on April 12, 2005. This 240-page book presents a collection of travel narratives that explore various frontiers, capturing the sights and sounds of diverse locations. Through vivid descriptions, Iyer shares experiences ranging from a cryptic encounter in Bali to a tour of a Bolivian prison, illustrating the complexities of travel and the unique encounters that shape our understanding of the world.
In this work, Iyer delves into the dislocations of the mind that accompany travel, inviting readers to reflect on their own journeys. He engages with figures such as Leonard Cohen and the Dalai Lama, weaving together themes of geopolitics and the surreal experience of jet lag. The book encourages a reevaluation of how we perceive different cultures and landscapes, making it a thought-provoking exploration of voyages and travels.
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One of the best travel writers now at work in the English language brings back the sights and sounds from a dozen different frontiers. A cryptic encounter in the perfumed darkness of Bali; a tour of a Bolivian prison, conducted by an enterprising inmate; a nightmarish taxi ride across southern Yemen, where the men with guns may be customs inspectors or revolutionaries–these are just three of the stops on Pico Iyer’s latest itinerary.
But the true subject of Sun After Dark is the dislocations of the mind in transit. And so Iyer takes us along to meditate with Leonard Cohen and talk geopolitics with the Dalai Lama. He navigates the Magritte-like landscape of jet lag, “a place that no human had ever been until forty or so years ago.” And on every page of this poetic and provocative book, he compels us to redraw our map of the world.
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