The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing

315 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

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? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens?When Olivia Laing moved to New York Ci...

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reflective 87%
informative 70%
emotional 53%
sad 36%
challenging 32%
inspiring 29%
dark 22%
hopeful 22%
tense 3%
adventurous 2%
funny 2%
relaxing 2%

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medium 46%
fast 2%

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