His dissertation is on the Sufis, with reference to Rumi. And so I think in lieu of a review in my words of Abandon, I would rather present you with a collection of quotes in his own words, after setting the scene: be warned, I will not be doing it justice.John MacMillan is an English graduate student in Divinity with a fellowship to study in California. In "A Note About the Author" at the back of Abandon, it is phrased this way: "Pico Iyer is the author of several books about the romance between cultures."He is a verbal virtuoso, and I found myself frequently scribbling quotes from Abandon into the nearest notebook. Most of his previous works have been categorized as travelogues, although when reading interviews with him, there is an impression that he is not entirely comfortable with the label. Pico Iyer has been called the poet laureate of travel writers.
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