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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Paperback • 2017 • English

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

By Olivia Laing

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About the book

A dazzling work of memoir, biography and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of six iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of "The Trip to Echo Spring." What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately engaged with another human being? How do we connect with other people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens? When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneline...Show more

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ISBN

9781250118035

Publisher

MACMILLAN USA

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Format

Paperback

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