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Originally published: USA : Viking Penguin, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211).
Dates of available copies: 2006.
Summary
Rebecca Solnit investigates the nature of loss, losing and being lost. She starts with the revelation that what is totally unknown to you is usually what you most need to discover and explores how finding that unknown quantity frequently requires getting lost to begin with.
Review
Review "'Flawless scintillating prose, writing it is impossible not to admire' Financial Times "Radical, humane, witty, sometimes wonderfully dandyish, at other times, impassioned and serious." Allain de Botton (on Wanderlust) "Fascinating, inspiring and beautifully written." George Monbiot (on Hope in the Dark)"
Biography
Rebecca Solnit has written eight acclaimed works of non-fiction. An activist and cultural historian, she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lannan Literary Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in San Francisco.
Culture.
Loss (Psychology)
Memory.
Arts — Philosophy.
Travel — Philosophy.
Uncertainty.
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