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The Faraway Nearby

Rebecca Solnit

A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · high confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Autobiography--authorship -> Memoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & PlaceMemoir & Personal HistoryGroup Biography

Award History

0 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2014LonglistOfficial source
National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay2014FinalistSecondary source
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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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