The Lonely City
by Olivia Laing
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Pub Date 2 Mar 2017 | Archive Date 31 May 2017
Description
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.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 GORDON BURN PRIZE
CHOSEN AS 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' BY
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Advance Praise
'Triumphant . . . a brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art' - Telegraph
'Wonderfully freewheeling . . . constantly surprising . . . inspired' - Guardian
'Luminously wise and deeply compassionate . . . a fierce and essential work' Helen MacDonald, author of H is for Hawk
'Unusually brave . . . Sublime' - The Times
'A new kind of literature . . . Endlessly, compulsively fascinating' - New Statesman
'Laing cuts close to the bone of a universal yet often unrelatable state' - Financial Times
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781782111252 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
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