Lonely Places
In Falling Off the Map, renowned travel author Pico Iyer says “Lonely Places are the places that don’t fit in; the places that have no seat at our international dinner tables; the places that fall between the cracks of our tidy acronyms (EEC and OPEC, OAS and NATO).” Published in 1993, Iyer’s essays capture “moods [of countries he visits] that would not change with history’s tide.” A few examples: North Korea, for all its anonymity — its air of Everyplace — […]
Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: travel
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