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DESCRIPTION:The quintessential global wanderer\,&nbsp\;Pico Iyer&nbsp\;has 
 published two books on Japan this year:&nbsp\;<em>Autumn Light&nbsp\;</em>
 and&nbsp\;<em>A Beginner's Guide to Japan</em>. After thirty-plus years in
  Japan\, Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his
 &nbsp\;adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and yet remains strange.\n
 \nFor years\, Pico Iyer has split his time between California and Nara\, J
 apan\, where he and his Japanese wife\, Hiroko\, have a small home. But wh
 en his father-in-law dies suddenly\, Iyer begins to grapple with the quest
 ion of how to hold on to the things we love in a universe of impermanence.
 &nbsp\; In a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honoring the 
 dead\,&nbsp\;<em>Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells&nbsp\;</em>lea
 ds us through the year following his father-in-law&rsquo\;s death\, and as
  the maple leaves begin to redden\, Iyer offers us a singular view of Japa
 n\, in the season that reminds us to take nothing for granted.\n\n<em>A Be
 ginner&rsquo\;s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations</em>&nbsp\;i
 s a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising\, brief\, incisive g
 limpses into Japanese culture. Iyer&rsquo\;s adventures and observations a
 s he travels from a meditation-hall to a love-hotel\, from West Point to K
 yoto Station\, make for a constantly surprising series of provocations gua
 ranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don&rsquo\;t know
  Japan\, and remind those who do of the complexities and surprises that Ja
 pan presents to visitors and long-term residents alike.&nbsp\;\n\nFollowed
  by a book sale and signing.&nbsp\;\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED\, PLEASE FOLL
 OW LINK\n\n<a href="https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/pico-iyer-begi
 nners-guide-japan">https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/pico-iyer-begin
 ners-guide-japan</a>\n$15 members\; $17 students/seniors\; $20 nonmembers
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SUMMARY:Pico Iyer — A Beginner’s Guide to Japan
URL:/en/events/2019/10/14/pico-iyer-a-beginners-guide-to-japan/
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