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THE LONELY CITY

ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE
LAING, OLIVIA

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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 oth er people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens?When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thi rties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she b egan to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between works and lives - from Edward Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warh ol's Tim...[Read more]

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DetailsPICADOR USA
2016
352 Pages
Format: Tela
ISBN: 9781250039576
Language: INGLÉSCategory: Sociology

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