Book of the day: Learning from the silence by Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer: Phoenix from the flames. Photos / Derek Shapton
The actual title of Pico Iyer's thoughtful, compelling new book is Aflame: Learning from Silence. The flame has disappeared from our edition (the British) of the title: strange, when fire – physical and inner – is crucial to Iyer's life and quests, and this book in particular. The new subtitle
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