The release date for the English version of 'The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone' by
Olivia Laing is Mar 2016. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
What does loneliness entail? If we're not in close relationship with another person, how can we possibly live? How can we establish connections with others? Does technology bind us together or ensnare us in front of screens?
Olivia Laing experienced everyday loneliness after relocating to New York City in her mid-thirties. Growing more enthralled with this most humiliating of encounters, she started using art to explore the isolated city. Laing conducts an electrifying and brilliant investigation into what it means to be alone, shedding light on the causes of loneliness as well as its potential for resistance and redemption. She does this by moving fluidly between works and lives, ranging from Edward Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to the depredations of the AIDS crisis.