Finalistforthe2020BigOtherBookAwardforNonfictionThroughtheauthor’stravelsinEuropeandtheUnitedStates,TrytoGetLostexploresthequestforplacethatcompelsanddefinesus:thethingswecarry,howpoliticsinfusegeography,media’sdepictionsofanideaofhome,theancientandmodernreverberationsoftheword“hotel,“andtheceaselessdiscoverygeneratedbyencounterswithselfandothersonfamiliarandforeignground.Frankpositsthatinfacttimeitselfmaybeourultimate,inhabitedplace--the“vastestrealestateweknow,“witha“stunninglyshort“lease.
