The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise is a book by Pico Iyer which was published on January 23, 2023, by Penguin Books.[1]
Author | Pico Iyer |
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Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | January 23, 2023 |
Critical reception and reviews
editNikhil Krishnan of The Daily Telegraph rated The Half Known Life one out of five stars.[2]
Bilal Qureshi of The Washington Post wrote "“The Half Known Life” is a masterful merging of Iyer’s past and current concerns, a book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors, of hopeful optimism for a world rooted in the paradise of being home.".[3]
The book has been reviewed by Mark Epstein of The New York Times,[4] Tim Adams of The Guardian,[5] Danny Heitman of The Wall Street Journal,[6] Mini Kapoor of The Hindu,[7] Caroline Eden of Financial Times,[8] Thúy Đinh of National Public Radio[9] and Paul Clement of The Irish Times.[10]
References
edit- ^ Iyer, Pico (2023-01-23). The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5492-885-7.
- ^ Krishnan, Nikhil (2023-01-08). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review: around the world in 80 clichés". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Qureshi, Bilal. "Pico Iyer's latest melds the open road and inner journeys". The Washington Post.
- ^ Epstein, Mark (2023-01-10). "Is That All There Is? A Secular Seeker Visits Holy Sites". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Adams, Tim (2023-01-15). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review – peace and quiet in political hotspots". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Heitman, Danny. "'The Half Known Life' Review: Chasing Dreams of Paradise". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Kapoor, Mini (2023-01-20). "Review of Pico Iyer's The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise: A journey of discovery". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Eden, Caroline (2023-01-12). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer — seeking paradise in the modern world". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ Đinh, Thúy. "Pico Iyer's 'The Half Known Life' upends the conventional travel genre". National Public Radio.
- ^ Clement, Paul. "The Half Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-24.