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'The Half-Known Life:' Pico Iyer recounts tales of travel, lessons about searching for paradise

Published July 4, 2023 at 6:20 AM PDT

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We revisit Scott Tong’s January conversation with travel writer Pico Iyer about his book “The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise.” Iyer looks back on almost five decades of travel and what that time has taught him about the nature of paradise.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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