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I cried when I realized that I was on the last page of this book. Not because it was sad, although it's a solemn book, but because it ended.
Solnit blurs the line here between natural history and memoir. Both are perfect, made more perfect in combination. ...more
Solnit blurs the line here between natural history and memoir. Both are perfect, made more perfect in combination. ...more
I picked up the Kobo version of this book because last year, I came across this quote from it in an online class, and I actually typed up the quote and carried it around with me for quite a while: "the things we want are transformative, and we do not know, or only think we know, what is on the other side of that transformation".
The rest of the book lives up to the promise of that little snippet - thoughtful, unexpected, wonderful thoughts on all the ways we can be lost. I highlighted entire chu ...more
The rest of the book lives up to the promise of that little snippet - thoughtful, unexpected, wonderful thoughts on all the ways we can be lost. I highlighted entire chu ...more
Although I do like the short stories and astute observations of Solnit, a whole book of her short stories was too much description (nor enough action/variation) for my taste.
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