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A Field Guide to Getting Lost

By: Rebecca Solnit
Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
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Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past 200 years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens to discuss the transformations of space and time in late 19th-century America (River of Shadows), Rebecca Solnit has emerged as an inventive and original writer whose mind is daring in the connections it makes. A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Solnit's own life to explore issues of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown. The result is a distinctive, stimulating, and poignant voyage of discovery.

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....but overall- a bit anemic. Self indulgent. A particular kind of reader might enjoy it more than I did.

Has a few GREAT parts

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The stories and the philosophizing are fun and worth reading. But read don’t listen her narratation is numbing.

Good stories, terrible narrator

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I love Rebecca Solnit's writing, and I especially love when the audio book is narrated by the author them self. The only critic I have is Solnit's voice is so soft my mind would drift from the story and wander, making me a bit sleepy.

Made me sleepy

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Solnit’s essays are full of inquisitive exploration of history and wandering and wondering. Enjoyed but Solnit’s reading is so quiet and breathy, it can be difficult to hear clearly.

Thoughtful wanderings

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One of the hardest monotone readings ever. Handful of beautiful prose but likes ranting.

Hire a reader please.

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She spoke so softly it was hard to hear clearly what she was saying without turning the volume all the way up.

My only complaint, soft spoken reader.

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The author reads this work herself in a dreary monotone, frequently punctuated by whistly S’s, that make this recording hard to listen to, unfortunately. I find it hard to rate the story because I can’t really absorb it. I think I will pick up a paper copy instead. Such a shame. I’ve also been reading The Faraway Nearby in paperback, and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly.

Monotone

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Solnit’s unique prose reveals complex and nuanced views of place, highlighting the intersubjectivity of self and world. There’s no better travel companion.

Poetic

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This book is read by the author: Rebecca Solnit. You have the narrator listed as someone else.

Beautiful and thoughtful read

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The story started out strong but started to waiver towards the end. This was my first book by Mrs. Solnit. I enjoyed it overall and will probably listen to it again to fully grasp the story.

calming

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