by Pico Iyer · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552993647
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«Video Night in Kathmandu» is a collection of travel essays by Pico Iyer, published by Black Swan in paperback (436 pages, in English).
The book gathers travel essays across several Asian countries in the 1980s: temples, cinemas and karaokes coexist with Western pop culture. Iyer observes how globalization and cultural imperialism affect local identities, turning the contrast into a reflection on Asia and the West.
The full title includes the subtitle 'And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East'; the work was originally published in 1989.
For readers of non-fiction, travel and essays interested in 1980s Asia and the effects of pop culture on identities.
Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer, known as Pico Iyer, is an English-born essayist and novelist known chiefly for his travel writing. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul. He has been a contributor to Time, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times.
