9781250118035-1250118034-The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

ISBN-13: 9781250118035
ISBN-10: 1250118034
Edition: Reprint
Author: Olivia Laing
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 336 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781250118035
ISBN-10: 1250118034
Edition: Reprint
Author: Olivia Laing
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 336 pages

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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (ISBN-13: 9781250118035 and ISBN-10: 1250118034), written by authors Olivia Laing, was published by Picador in 2017. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Arts History & Criticism, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Arts & Literature) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.25.

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism

#1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings

Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub

A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring.

When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her midthirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.

Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.

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