A Field Guide To Getting Lost

Synopsis

“an intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism. ” —los angeles timesfrom the award-winning author of orwell's roses, a stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknownwritten as a series of autobiographical essays, a field guide to getting lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in rebecca solnit's life to explore issues of uncertainty, trust, loss, memory, desire, and place.