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020			_a1250118034 _c$18.00
020			_a9781250118035 _c$18.00
035			_a(OCoLC)945483178
049			_aNYPP
050	0	0	_aN71 _b.L24 2017
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100	1		_aLaing, Olivia _923358
245	1	0	_aLonely city : _badventures in the art of being alone
250			_aFirst Picador Paperback edition.
260			_aUnited States : _bPicador , _c2017 .
300			_a315 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-310).
520			_aWhat 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 loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, 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 investigation into what it means to be alone. 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.
650		0	_aArtists _923359
650		0	_aPsychology _923360
650		0	_aLoneliness _923361
650		0	_aCity and town life _98461
650		7	_aUrbanism _923309
650		7	_aArt writing _923362
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