The Lonely City Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing

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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. 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 Hopper’s Nighthawks to 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.

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

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$28.00

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. 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 Hopper’s Nighthawks to 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.

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

Pages - 315

Binding - Paperback

Publisher - Canongate Books

Publication Date - 2017-03-02

ISBN - 9781782111252

Weight - 227 grams

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