![]() ![]() Of course, the unknowable is often better left that way, and embracing that uncertainty is the end to which Rebecca Solnit urges her readers in A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST. How convenient would it be to trace the unknown in this way, to know exactly whose path you’d crossed in a given day, week, or year-to know where your closest friends and worst enemies spent their most intimate hours? ![]() I began to lose interest midway through the series, finishing it only because of my driving (borderline OCD) need to always finish what I started.īut despite the premature extinguishment of my wizardry-related passion, there was one Potter concept that took hold of me: the mystical Marauder’s Map, which pinpointed everyone at Hogwarts in time and space for its lucky holder. In the literati community, this is a sacrilegious confession-but here it goes: I was just never that into Harry Potter. “Losing things is about the familiar falling away, getting lost is about the unfamiliar appearing.” ![]()
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