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A Field Guide To Getting Lost

By Rebecca Solnit
Series: Canons
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In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the concept of being lost and how it relates to the broader human experience. Combining elements of memoir, history, and philosophy, the book delves into the unknown, examining how losing oneself can lead to discovery, insight, and transformation. Through a series of meditative essays, Solnit invites readers to consider the value of uncertainty and the beauty in exploring uncharted territories.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the idea of exploration, whether it's the physical act of wandering or the emotional journey of finding oneself. Rebecca Solnit blends personal reflection with elements of nature and science to explore themes of uncertainty and the beauty of losing one's way. This book may appeal to you if you appreciate lyrical prose that encourages introspection and a deeper understanding of what it means to be lost.

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A Field Guide To Getting Lost

Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics

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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.

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Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide To Getting Lost is acclaimed for its eloquent and erudite writing, inviting readers on unexpected and intriguing journeys that blend cultural history with personal reflection. Critics highlight the book's emotional and intellectual depth, with its prose described as fascinating, inspiring, and flawless. The work is noted for its enticing exploration of themes akin to a wandering journey, providing delight and introspection along the way.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786890511

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Canons edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 168g

Pages: 224

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Rebecca Solnit Science & Nature Series: Canons

About the Author

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.

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