The Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
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Olivia Laing
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Embrace solitude in an electric investigation.
The Lonely City delves into the complex emotion of loneliness through Laing's personal journey in New York City while exploring its connection with art and some of the city's most compelling artists. The book provides insightful and thought-provoking commentary on how loneliness is experienced in a vibrant city and offers an alternative perspective on how it can be transformed into a positive force.
The Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
by
Olivia Laing
Regular price
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ISBN: 9781782111252
Authors:
Olivia Laing
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date of Publication: 2017-03-02
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.92
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What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately engaged with another human being? How do we connect with other people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens?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 works and lives -- from Edward Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to the depredations of the AIDS crisis -- 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.
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