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Video Night in Kathmandu by Pico Iyer

Video Night in Kathmandu

And Other Reports From the Not-so-far East

Pico Iyer

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 18, 1989

Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.

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Who it’s for
A traveler's eye catches the jarring details that unsettle easy ideas of the Far East.
Themes
Cross-cultural encounters, Popular culture in Asian cities
Genres
Travel Writing, India & South Asia Travel, Adventure Travel

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About this book

Mohawk hair-cuts in Bali, yuppies in Hong Kong and Rambo rip-offs in the movie houses of Bombay are just a few of the jarring images that Iyer brings back from the Far East.

Unexpected Juxtapositions

A traveler's eye catches the jarring details that unsettle easy ideas of the Far East.

Come here for

  • Cultural contrasts from Bali to Hong Kong and Bombay
  • Travel writing alert to the unexpected

Expect

  • Brief, vivid glimpses across places
  • The familiar and startling side by side

Where it sits

India & South Asia Travel87%
Travel Writing76%
Adventure Travel50%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • India & South Asia Travel
  • Travel Writing
Authors
Pico Iyer
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
June 18, 1989
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Cross-cultural encounters · Popular culture in Asian cities
Reading lane
India & South Asia Travel