Pico Iyer went to Kyoto and lived in a monastery for a time. He wanted to learn about Zen Buddhism and Japan and he wanted to get to know Kyoto. In Kyoto he met Sachiko, a typical bourgeois housewife locked into an arranged marriage. This is the story of Kyoto, Sachiko and the monk. The author also wrote "Video Night In Kathmandu".
- ISBN10 0679403086
- ISBN13 9780679403081
- Publish Date 24 September 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 337
- Language English