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.
A propos de l’auteur
Rebecca Solnit has written more than twenty 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.
Achetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 162 ● ISBN 9781847676603 ● Taille du fichier 1.6 MB ● Âge 22-99 ans ● Maison d’édition Canongate Books ● Lieu Edinburgh ● Pays GB ● Publié 2009 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2422038 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
Nécessite un lecteur de livre électronique compatible DRM