The lonely city
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
#1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings
Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub
A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring.
When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hoppers Nighthawks to Andy Warhols Time Capsules, from Henry Dargers hoarding to David Wojnarowiczs AIDS activism, 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.
Humane, provocative, and moving, The Lonely City is a celebration of a strange and lovely state, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but intrinsic to the very act of being alive.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 06 juni 2017
Aantal pagina's: 336
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Olivia Laing
Hoofduitgeverij: Picador USA
Originele titel: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
AI-gegenereerd: Nee
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 137 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 206 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 137 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 207 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 590 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9781250118035