The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing (English)

Description: The Lonely City by Olivia Laing A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - A fierce and essential work - Helen Macdonald. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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 citys 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. Notes Olivia Laing moved to New York in her mid-thirties. This incredibly personal account details the daily loneliness she felt and how she began to explore this lonely city through art. Triumphant... a brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art Telegraph Author Biography Olivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. Her work appears in numerous publications, including the Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, Frieze and New York Times. Shes a Yaddo and MacDowell Fellow and was 2014 Eccles Writer in Residence at the British Library. Her first book, To the River, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. The Trip to Echo Spring was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award and the 2014 Gordon Burn Prize. The Lonely City has been shortlisted for the 2016 Gordon Burn Prize. She lives in Cambridge. Review Triumphant . . . A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art * * Telegraph * *Luminously wise and deeply compassionate . . . A fierce and essential work -- HELEN MACDONALD, author of H IS FOR HAWKWonderfully freewheeling . . . Constantly surprising . . . Inspired * * Guardian * *The Lonely City is a stunning homage to how extreme loneliness can make us more hospitable to the strangeness of others - to the risks and innovations of art and artists. Laing has written a classic that will be cherished for years to come -- DEBORAH LEVY, author of SWIMMING HOMEA new kind of literature . . . Endlessly, compulsively fascinating * * New Statesman * *Unusually brave . . . Sublime * * The Times * *Laing cuts close to the bone of a universal yet often unrelatable state * * Financial Times * *A gifted critic and biographer . . . a fascinating, eerie piece of writing * * Sunday Times * *One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction . . . Compelling and original * * Harpers Bazaar * *Exhilarating . . . beautifully integrated, original, compassionate * * Independent * *The Lonely City is continually unexpected, stimulating and beautifully structured. I am in awe of Olivia Laings insights, braininess and that something that feels like recklessness until it lands -- PETER CAREYA remarkable combination of personal mediation and psychological and artistic inquiry, The Lonely City is always superbly written, fascinating and often sharply moving. Ultimately the book has a paradoxical effect: at the same time as it makes one aware of ones own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone -- ADAM FOULDS, author of The Quickening MazeBlisteringly precise . . . Her gift as a critic is her ability to imaginatively sympathize with her subjects in a way that allows the art and life of the artist to go on radiating meaning after the book is closed * * Elle * *Smart and oddly consoling . . . Laing makes the topic her own * * New York Times Book Review * *Considered, authoritative, evocative, empathetic, and full of insight . . . To join Laing in that atmosphere is to enter a world that is at once dark and lambent, and in which loneliness features not just as an eternal fall, but as one of the treasures of what it is to be fully, briefly, human -- MATTHEW ADAMS * * The National * *An uncommonly observant hybrid of memoir, history and cultural criticism . . . a book of extraordinary compassion and insight * * San Francisco Chronicle * *Remarkable . . . a memoir, an essay and a group biography all in one, which takes a difficult, almost taboo subject and deftly turns it over anew * * Evening Standard * *A devastating and intimate examination of urban loneliness. With a unique voice, and painstaking research, Laing explores the dark side of our cities as well as the redemptive power of communities -- GAVIN FRANCIS, author of Adventures in Human BeingAccessible, bright and endlessly thought-provoking . . . a commentator of exceptional heart and voice * * Irish Independent * *Magical . . . reminding us of how it feels to be lonely, this book gently affirms our connectedness * * Boston Globe * *Connecting becomes less intimidating if the fear of failure is removed. This brave book is a step in that direction * * Economist * *Intensely involving and affecting . . . Laings superb study extends far beyond art criticism * * The Lady * *Part memoir, part treatise on art and geography, Olivia Laings book looks at loneliness and how public spaces and especially art can cure or calm this very modern condition * * Red * * Prizes Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2016 (UK) Long Description A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - A fierce and essential work - Helen Macdonald. 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 citys 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. Review Text Triumphant . . . a brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art Review Quote Triumphant . . . a brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art Promotional "Headline" A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - A fierce and essential work Helen Macdonald Details ISBN1782111255 Author Olivia Laing Pages 336 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1782111255 ISBN-13 9781782111252 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-03-02 Media Book Subtitle Adventures in the Art of Being Alone Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 828.9203 Edition Main Short Title The Lonely City Language English UK Release Date 2017-03-02 AU Release Date 2017-03-02 Imprint Canongate Books Publisher Canongate Books Edition Description Main Replaces 9781782111238 Illustrations 9 b&w illustrations on text paper Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-03-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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