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May 1, 2003

Pico Iyer on the perception of “paradise”

“A foreigner tends to see paradise where a native sees purgatory, insofar as a foreigner is in a privileged position and has more appreciative eyes, undimmed by familiarity.”
Pico Iyer, From a Powells.com interview, 2000

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