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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250039576
ISBN-13
9781250039576
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211208934
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History / Contemporary (1945-), General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Emotions, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-037147
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A 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 one's own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone." - Adam Foulds, author of In the Wolf's Mouth, "It's not easy to pull off switching between criticism and confession - and like Echo Spring, The Lonely City is an impressive and beguiling combination of autobiography and biography, a balancing act that Laing effortlessly performs. Her gift as a critic is her ability to imaginatively sympathize with her subject in a way that allows the art and life of the artist to go on radiating meaning after the book is closed." - Elle "A singular, fiercely candid and rare book." - The Buffalo News "[An] imaginative and poignant quest....Through her ardent research, empathetic response, original thought, courageous candor, and exquisite language, Laing joins the ever-growing pool of writers--among them Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hope Jahren, Jhumpa Lahiri, Leslie Jamison, Helen Macdonald, Sally Mann, Patti Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Edmund de Waal, and Terry Tempest Williams--who are transforming memoir into a daring and dynamic literary form of discovery that laces the stories of individuals into the continuum of humanity and the larger web of life on Earth to provocative and transforming effect." - Booklist (starred review) "By focusing on four artists...Laing's writing becomes expansive, exploring their biographies, sharing art analysis, and weaving in observations from periods of desolation that was at times "cold as ice and clear as glass." She invents new ways to consider how isolation plays into art or even the Internet (which turns her into an obsessed teenager, albeit one who calls the screen her 'cathected silver lover'). For once, loneliness becomes a place worth lingering." - Publishers Weekly "[An] absorbing melding of memoir, biography, art essay, and philosophical meditation...[An] illuminating, enriching book." - Kirkus Reviews "Luminously wise and deeply compassionate, The Lonely City is a fierce and essential work. Laing is a masterful biographer, memoirist and critic. Fearlessly tracing the roots of loneliness, its forbidding consequences, and its complicated and beautiful relationship with art, it is powerful, poignant and magical. Reading it made my heart ache yet filled me with hope for the world." - Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk "A 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 one's own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone." - Adam Foulds, author of In the Wolf's Mouth, Praise for The Trip to Echo Spring "Most beguiling and incisive."- The New York Times "[A] charming and gusto-driven look at the alcoholic insanity of six famous writers... There is much to learn from Laing's supple scholarship-and much to enjoy, too."-Lawrence Osborne, The New York Times Book Review "Exquisite... Laing, wisely, doesn't reach any one-size-fits-all conclusions about the bond between the pen and the bottle . . . A marvelous writer."-Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "[An] eccentric, impassioned, belle-lettristic, graceful and haunted book."- The Wall Street Journal, "Luminously wise and deeply compassionate, The Lonely City is a fierce and essential work. Laing is a masterful biographer, memoirist and critic. Fearlessly tracing the roots of loneliness, its forbidding consequences, and its complicated and beautiful relationship with art, it is powerful, poignant and magical. Reading it made my heart ache yet filled me with hope for the world." - Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk "A 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 one's own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone." - Adam Foulds, author of In the Wolf's Mouth, "[An] absorbing melding of memoir, biography, art essay, and philosophical meditation...[An] illuminating, enriching book." - Kirkus Reviews "Luminously wise and deeply compassionate, The Lonely City is a fierce and essential work. Laing is a masterful biographer, memoirist and critic. Fearlessly tracing the roots of loneliness, its forbidding consequences, and its complicated and beautiful relationship with art, it is powerful, poignant and magical. Reading it made my heart ache yet filled me with hope for the world." - Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk "A 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 one's own inescapable solitude, it leaves one feeling less alone." - Adam Foulds, author of In the Wolf's Mouth
Dewey Decimal
700.1/9
Table Of Content
CONTENTS 1 The Lonely City 3 2 Walls of Glass 11 3 My Heart Opens to Your Voice 47 4 In Loving Him 95 5 The Realms of the Unreal 135 6 At the Beginning of the End of the World 179 7 Render Ghosts 217 8 Strange Fruit 255 Notes 285 Bibliography 299 Acknowledgements 311 List of Illustrations 315
Synopsis
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 midthirties, 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 Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to David Wojnarowicz's 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., 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 Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to David Wojnarowicz's 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.
LC Classification Number
N71.L24 2016
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- 4***- (20)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book arrived sooner than expected. It was packaged extremely well to insure the book was not damaged. The item was in near perfect condition, like new, as they advertised it. And the item was priced right. I originally purchased this book in 1981 and was glad to see I could obtain a copy of it. I am very pleased with this seller.
- e***b (1)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis sale went very smoothly. Seller described the item with accuracy. I think the item also arrived one day sooner than expected. I think book buyers, in particular, should consider visiting this seller's store. In addition, the item was securely packaged for shipment. Again, if you are looking for a certain book, check this seller's wares.