The Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)

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In her mid-30s, Olivia Laing moved from England to New York to live with a new boyfriend. The relationship didn't work out, and she found herself stranded on her own in an unfamiliar city, dealing with an almost crippling lack of daily human interaction. Having spent sizeable chunks of my own lif...

from mahallett

a strange book. very interesting about andy warhol. the book was mostly about gay men. does she want a sex change so she can have sex with gay men?

from Eyejaybee

I found reading this book a difficult but immensely rewarding experience. Olivia Laing writes beautifully, with a style that captures and retains the reader's attention right from the opening paragraph. At the most simple level this is a book that explores the nature and impact of loneliness, tho...

from RmCox38111

Listening to Loneliness Olivia Laing shares an antidote for loneliness in her absorbing 2016 reflection on disconnection The Lonely City. She catalogs multiple varieties of loneliness expressed through the art and artists whose footsteps she followed in her solitarily roaming of the streets of Ne...

from bogopea

A disappointing read as it was not what I expected it to be. It is a "biography, memoir and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists" who were prominent in the NYC of the last half of the 20th century. Not all of Laing's subjects were of interest t...