Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells

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By Pico Iyer

Published Feb. 21, 2019

Autumn Light (Knopf) is a memoir about Japanese life and culture, revealed through occasions of death, aging, and conflict in a family. As a British-Indian-American journalist living in Japan with his Japanese wife Hiroko, Iyer has a unique and piercing perspective.

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