The Half Known Life Finding Paradise in a Divided World

<p><b>''Nothing less than a guided tour of the human soul ... A masterpiece'' Elizabeth Gilbert<br></b><b>''A work of spiritual evolution [and] inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors'' <i>Washington Post</i></b><br><b>One of our most perceptive travel writers embarks on an exploration of the world''s holiest places and where we might find paradise on Earth.</b><br><i><br>It’s so easy, I thought, to place Paradise in the past or the future – anywhere but here.</i><br><br>After half a century of travel, Pico Iyer asks himself what kind of paradise can ever be found in a world of unceasing conflict. <b>In a spectacular journey, both inward and outward, </b><b>he roams the globe from Jerusalem to Belfast to North Korea, from crowded mosques in Iran to a holy mountain in Japan. </b>By the end, he has upended any of our expectations and dared to suggest that we can find paradise right in the heart of our angry and confused world.</p>