After meeting the well-educated wife of a Japanese "salaryman", Iyer fashions "a beautifully written book about someone looking for ancient dreams in a strange modern place" (LA Times Book Review)-one that is both a portrait of cross cultural infatuation-and misunderstanding-and a fresh way of seeing the old and the new Japan | The Lady And The Monk by Pico Iyer, Paperback | Indigo Chapters