{"product_id":"half-known-life-in-search-of-paradise","title":"Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHalf Known Life: In Search of Paradise\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePico Iyer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593420256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRiverhead Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eTIME MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; MORE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Masterful . . . A book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors . . . One of his very best.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dazzling.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From \"one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time\" (Brain Pickings): a journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParadise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others, it's in our midst--or just across the ocean--if only we can find eyes to see it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama's Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld - or can it be found in the here and now? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor almost fifty years Iyer has been roaming the world, mixing a global soul's delight in observing cultures with a pilgrim's readiness to be transformed. In this culminating work, he brings together the outer world and the inner to offer us a surprising, original, often beautiful exploration of how we might come upon paradise in the midst of our very real lives.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise | Pico Iyer | Hardcover | 9780593420256 | Used: Like New | Religion \u0026 Spirituality 1687756","offer_id":50805361213698,"sku":"1687756","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91OqA6hvp9L.jpg?v=1792429916","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/half-known-life-in-search-of-paradise","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}