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A Field Guide To Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
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Description for A Field Guide To Getting Lost
Paperback. Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics Series: Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting. Beautifully written, this book combines memoir, history and philosophy, shedding glittering new light on the way we live now.
In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting. Beautifully written, this book combines memoir, history and philosophy, shedding glittering new light on the way we live now.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786890511
SKU
V9781786890511
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About Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit has written eighteen acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Hope in the Dark, Wanderlust, The Faraway Nearby, and Men Explain Things to Me. An activist, columnist and cultural historian, she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lannan Literary Award. She lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for A Field Guide To Getting Lost
Wonderful
The Times
Brilliant . . . Go on. Start walking. Get lost. Who knows what you'll find
Guardian
Rebecca Solnit is unquestionably one of the finest non-fiction writers of her generation. Possessed of eloquence and erudition in equal measure, her books have a wonderful capacity to lead ... Read more
The Times
Brilliant . . . Go on. Start walking. Get lost. Who knows what you'll find
Guardian
Rebecca Solnit is unquestionably one of the finest non-fiction writers of her generation. Possessed of eloquence and erudition in equal measure, her books have a wonderful capacity to lead ... Read more