SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 GORDON BURN PRIZE CHOSEN AS 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' 2016 BY Observer Guardian Telegraph Irish Times New Statesman Times Literary Supplement Herald 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? When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Fascinated by the experience, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between works and lives - 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 deeply moving, The Lonely City is about the spaces between people and the things that draw them together, about sexuality, mortality and the magical possibilities of art. It's 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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Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing foi finalista do Prêmio Ondaatje com seu aclamado primeiro romance To the river. Foi editora do Observer e colabora com The Guardian, New Statesman e The Times Literary Supplement. Vive em Cambridge, na Inglaterra. Viagem ao redor da garrafa foi considerado um dos livros do ano por veículos como The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Times, The Economist e New Statesman.
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