The Lonely City

Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2017 | Main
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78211-125-2 (ISBN)

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A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - 'A fierce and essential work' Helen Macdonald

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

Chosen as 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, Herald

When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, 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.

Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. They're the author of eight books, including Funny Weather, Everybody and the Sunday Times number one bestseller The Garden Against Time. Laing's first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and in 2018 they were awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. They're an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts and their books have been translated into twenty-one languages. Their latest novel is The Silver Book. @olivialanguage | olivialaing.com

Erscheinungsdatum	14.02.2017
Zusatzinfo	9 b&w illustrations on text paper
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	226 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
ISBN-10	1-78211-125-5 / 1782111255
ISBN-13	978-1-78211-125-2 / 9781782111252
Zustand	Neuware