p4OkQ *The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone [PDF/EPub] Book by Olivia Laing
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Op4OkQ6BjF - Download and read Olivia Laing's book The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing.
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Synopsis: .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, 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 CriticismNewsweek, Slate, Pop SugarNamed a best book of the year by NPR, , , , andMarie ClaireThe Lonely City.
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Synopsis: .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, 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 CriticismNewsweek, Slate, Pop SugarNamed a best book of the year by NPR, , , , andMarie ClaireThe Lonely City.
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