Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World
- ISBN-10
- 0307367193
- ISBN-13
- 9780307367198
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-02-21
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Author
- Pico Iyer
Description
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.
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