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The Handshake and the Calligraphy Brush
“That seemed to be the state of modern Japan: halfway between China and North America, not sure how much to follow Marshall McLuhan and how much Confucius”
- by Pico IyerPico Iyer Updated 22:36, Oct. 16, 2019 | Published 7:00, May. 6, 2015This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Pico Iyer (@PicoIyer) is the author, most recently, of The Half Known Life, chronicling his search for paradise everywhere from Jerusalem to inner Australia. His next book, Aflame, comes out in January 2025.
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