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The Global Soul

Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home
Iyer, Pico (Book - - 2000)
Average Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
The Global Soul


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Baker & Taylor
A unique exploration of "globalism" takes the reader on an international trek to discover the settings where cultures collide, from Hong Kong, where hotels are islands of selfsufficiency, to the Olympic Village in Atlanta, an unwitting monument of "universalism."

Imprint: New York - Knopf
Pages: 298
ISBN: 0679454330, 0679776117
Language: English
Statement of responsibility: Pico Iyer
Characteristics: 298 p. ;,22 cm.
Author (Original Script): Iyer, Pico
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Sep 20, 2012
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  • JeremiahSutherland rated this: 1 stars out of 5.

Another author who can't seem to state his thesis and supporting ideas without larding his prose with many, many irrelevancies. This author gets high praise from many sources, but to me, his points are buried in verbal haystacks.

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