The lonely city : adventures in the art of being alone / Olivia Laing.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Picador, 2016Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250039576 (hardcover)
- 1250039576 (hardcover)
- 700.1/9 23
- N71 .L24 2016
- ART000000 | BIO001000
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-fiction | 700 .19 Laing (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 12136 |
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690 .837 Kahn Home work : handbuilt shelter / | 693 .22 Evans The hand-sculpted house : a philosophical and practical guide to building a cob cottage / | 696 .1 Cory Plumbing 1-2-3 / | 700 .19 Laing The lonely city : adventures in the art of being alone / | 700 .2 Green You are an artist : assignments to spark creation / | 700 .92 Mesha Injichaag : my soul in story : Anishinaabe poetics in art and words / | 704 .0396 Edugy Out of the sun : on race and storytelling / |
Includes bibliographical references.
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by thousands of strangers. The Lonely City is a roving cultural history of urban loneliness, centered on the ultimate city: Manhattan, that teeming island of gneiss, concrete, and glass. What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately involved with another human being? How do we connect with other people, particularly if our sexuality or physical body is considered deviant or damaged? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens? Olivia Laing explores these questions by travelling deep into the work and lives of some of the century's most original artists, among them Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz, Edward Hopper, Henry Darger and Klaus Nomi."-- Provided by publisher.
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