Where you are: a book of maps that will leave you feeling completely lost

Abstract

Every day we map. We map how we get from a to b. We map when were somewhere new, and somewhere weve been many times before. We map ourselves, our days, our thoughts, memories, what we want to mark, save and share. Today it seems, that most of the time, despite all this mapping, we actually don't have a clear sense of where we are.

Contents

Nature's valley / John Simpson -- Map of a lost soul / Chloe Aridjis -- Subtle news / Olafur Eliasson -- A map of six impossible things / Lila Azam Zanganeh -- My atlases / Will Wiles -- On the pleasure of maps / Alain de-Botton -- Tablescapes / Leanne Shapton -- How to be good when you're lost / Sheila Heti + Ted Mineo -- You are here / James Bridle -- Roads not taken / Peter Turchi -- Swings of Harlem / Valeria Luiselli -- Places I've nearly been to but have not / Adam Thirlwell -- The lunar hamsters of 8G-932 / Tao Lin -- The boy out of Cheltenham / Geoff Dyer -- Ghost pots / Joe Dunthorne -- The paper route empire / Denis Wood.