[Readings] Strangers in a small world Adjust Share By Pico Iyer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Civilization, Modern Pluralism (Social sciences) More from Pico Iyer Freedom from Choice By Pico Iyer, from A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, out this month from Knopf. Iyer, a British-ÂAmerican essayist and novelist, has lived in Nara, Japan, since 1992. Japan is the… Nothing Serious P. G. Wodehouse and the costs of innocence From Eden to Eton One boy's transatlantic education Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > September 1994 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close