Pico Iyer is the author, most recently, of Autumn Light and A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, twinned and contradictory books on his longtime home. This essay is adapted from Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau, edited by Andrew Blauner.
Pico Iyer
Last Rites and Comic Flights
A funeral in a 1984 Japanese film offers moments of slapstick amid the solemnity
by Pico Iyer | Thursday, July 28, 2022
My Guidebook to Japan
Lessons from Thoreau learned in a distant land
by Pico Iyer | Saturday, October 09, 2021
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received
by Pico Iyer | Monday, October 07, 2013
