Travel writer Pico Iyer reflects on looking for paradise in troubled places
Iyer looks back on almost five decades of travel and what that time has taught him about the nature of paradise.
Paradise is an idea one pauses to consider every now and again. But is it a place you can actually visit?
Travel writer Pico Iyer found that some of the most spiritual places in the world are often violent places. Iyer, whose list of projects includes biographing the Dalai Lama, has a new book out called “The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise.”
Iyer’s search for paradise took him to places like Iran, Kashmir, Sri Lanka and Jerusalem — but he defines his journey as more metaphysical.
