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2023 book by Pico Iyer
The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
AuthorPico Iyer
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication dateJanuary 23, 2023

The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise is a book by Pico Iyer which was published on January 23, 2023, by Penguin Books.

Critical reception and reviews

Nikhil Krishnan of The Daily Telegraph rated The Half Known Life one out of five stars.

Bilal Qureshi of The Washington Post wrote "“The Half Known Life” is a masterful merging of Iyer’s past and current concerns, a book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors, of hopeful optimism for a world rooted in the paradise of being home.".

The book has been reviewed by Mark Epstein of The New York Times, Tim Adams of The Guardian, Danny Heitman of The Wall Street Journal, Mini Kapoor of The Hindu, Caroline Eden of Financial Times, Thúy Đinh of National Public Radio and Paul Clement of The Irish Times.

References

  1. Iyer, Pico (2023-01-23). The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5492-885-7.
  2. Krishnan, Nikhil (2023-01-08). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review: around the world in 80 clichés". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. Qureshi, Bilal. "Pico Iyer's latest melds the open road and inner journeys". The Washington Post.
  4. Epstein, Mark (2023-01-10). "Is That All There Is? A Secular Seeker Visits Holy Sites". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  5. Adams, Tim (2023-01-15). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review – peace and quiet in political hotspots". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. Heitman, Danny. "'The Half Known Life' Review: Chasing Dreams of Paradise". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. Kapoor, Mini (2023-01-20). "Review of Pico Iyer's The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise: A journey of discovery". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. Eden, Caroline (2023-01-12). "The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer — seeking paradise in the modern world". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  9. Đinh, Thúy. "Pico Iyer's 'The Half Known Life' upends the conventional travel genre". National Public Radio.
  10. Clement, Paul. "The Half Known Life: Finding Paradise in a Divided World". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-01-24.


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