(RNS) — Pico Iyer is no stranger to the disaster now visiting residents of Los Angeles. In 1990, a wildfire burned down his family home in Southern California and everything inside. In his latest book ...
Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...
The moment Pico Iyer arrived at the secluded hermitage, something shifted. “The silence was pulsing,” he recalls. Sitting in the small monastic cell, he felt a profound release. “Finally I was out of ...
Aflame, Learning From Silence, the newest book by Pico Iyer, the bestselling author of more than a dozen books translated in more than 20 languages, is a powerful recital of Iyer’s experiences ...
On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa ... nudging him toward what he now values — simplicity, silence, solitude and love. The novelist and essayist ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pico Iyer, the bestselling author of “The Art of Stillness,” presents his new book “Aflame: Learning ...
(RNS) — Recalling the trauma of losing his worldly goods, the novelist and travel writer uses silence as a path to peace amid constant turmoil. (RNS) — Pico Iyer is no stranger to the ...
Pico Iyer, in Aflame, reflects on solitude, gratitude, the necessity of silence, and interconnectedness, promoting a compassionate approach to life. Aflame, Learning From Silence, the newest book ...