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"In Russia at that time, if you were the child of a working man and you followed in your father's footsteps you gained respect," he explains.
Imagine you were walking in the snow and following someone's footsteps – you would have an easier time following the path they left behind, becayse you would not have to work hard to crunch through the snow yourself.
The symmetry of their careers makes the Pomona job seem to Lethem "strange and ghostly and almost like a Henry James story of a mysterious great man whose footsteps you walk into".
When you write about the arts for a living, you're often tasked with describing the importance and everlasting legacy of people who have recently died, people you only knew through their work: the poet who doomed you to a life of fatalism; the actor whose sense of mystery became an ideal for how to be in the world; the writer whose footsteps you wanted to follow in.
You're thinking, 'Who's going to give a s**t about this?' And also, you're aware of the footsteps you're treading in.
So, unless you're willing to open up your McMansion to every Times reader who follows in my footsteps, you'll find me at the local cheap hotel.
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These described the events in the second person and in the present tense (e.g. "You are going down the street when you hear footsteps behind you... ....)... ....
Watching a movie and hearing someone walk behind you, left to right, you can feel the footsteps around you, making it a very immersive experience.
You listen for footsteps behind you.
Placeme is a free smartphone app that uses GPS and wi-fi to make a map of everywhere you go, working in the background logging your mobile life so you can retrace your footsteps whenever you like.
If you absolutely must listen to your music, turn it to a low volume so that you can listen for footsteps behind you.
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