The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - For Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, "an exceptionally intimate portrait" (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love) of the Dalai Lama--one of the most singular figures of our time.

For over three decades, Pico Iyer, one of our most cherished travel writers, has been a friend to the Dalai Lama. Over these years through intimate conversations, he has come to know him in a way that few can claim. Here he paints an unprecedented portrait of the Dalai Lama, explaining his work and ideas about politics, science, technology, and religion. The Open Road illuminates the hidden life and the daily challenges of this global icon.

Author: Pico Iyer
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 03/10/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780307387554

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 20

About the Author

PICO IYER is the author of six works of nonfiction and two novels. He has covered the Tibetan question for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications for more than twenty years.