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020			_a9780143032106
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041			_aEnglish
082			_223 _b IYEF _a910
100			_aPico Iyer _969748
245			_aFalling off the Map : Some Lonely Places of the World
260			_aNew York _bPenguin Random House _c2004
300			_a190 p. _bPB _c19x13 cm.
365			_a7139 _b₹239.00 _c₹ _d₹299.00 _e20% _f10-1-2023
520			_aIyer experiences and depicts these lonely places with the same wit, vitality and insight that distinguish his first two books???and the result is a memorable gallery of countries poignantly isolated in spirit and time???san francisco examiner what does the elegant nostalgia of argentina have in common with the raffish nonchalance of australia? and what do both these countries have in common with north korea? they are all `lonely places cut off from the rest of the world by geography, ideology or sheer weirdness and they have all attracted the attention of pico iyer whether he is documenting the cruising rites of icelandic teenagers, being interrogated by tipsy cuban police or summarizing the plot of bhutans first feature film (`a $6500 spectacular about a star-crossed couple: she dies, he throws himself on the funeral pyre, and both live happily ever after as an ox and a cow), iyer is always uncannily observant and acerbically funny
650			_aTravel _969734
650			_aTravel Writing _969735
700			_aIYER (Pico) _969736
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