A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670034215 (0670034215)
Publish date: July 7th 2005
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
Environment,
Nature,
Art,
Philosophy,
Biography Memoir
This book is an interesting blend of memoir, history, philosophy, nature writing, and poetics. Parts of this book were a solid 5 stars for me, while there were other parts I couldn't connect to (which was okay). The overall theme is one of being lost, not just in physical space but also within one's...
I will never think of the word "lost" the same way after reading this book. There is so much more to it now that I have realized after reading it and I was intrigued from start to finish.While some people may find it hard to find how exactly the chapters are all interconnected I would recommend appr...
This isn't a book to hurry through, but a book to savor, think back on, enjoy. Solnit is a word smith, but she uses her craft to create a warm, down-to-earth voice. The essays are all loosely tied around the themes of wandering, distance, loss, yet each approaches the topic in a slightly different...
A series of essays and thoughts on the feelings associated with being lost or losing. I fet that that they were linked, but did not always have a flow from one to the other.That said the writing in here is exceptional. Solnit writes with such a sense of place and purpose, and she is easily able to e...
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