The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

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by Olivia Laing

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?

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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 GORDON BURN PRIZE

Named a best book of the year by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, Herald, NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop SugarMarie ClaireElle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub, 

Additional information

Book Condition

New

Cover

Paperback

Size

Length: 315 pages
Dimensions: 198x128x22 mm

Genre

Nonfiction, Biography, Essays, Memoir

Published

March 2, 2017 by Canongate Books / First published March 1, 2016

Awards

National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Criticism (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2016),
Shortlisted for Gordon Burn Prize (2016),
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism (2016)