出版社: Picador
副标题: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
出版年: 2016-3-1
页数: 352
定价: USD 26.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781250039576
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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 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 e...
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 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 the depredations of the AIDS crisis -- 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.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Her first book, To the River, was published by Canongate to wide acclaim and shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. She has been the deputy books editor of the Observer, and writes for The Guardian, New Statesman, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other publications. She is a MacDowell Fellow, and h...
Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Her first book, To the River, was published by Canongate to wide acclaim and shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. She has been the deputy books editor of the Observer, and writes for The Guardian, New Statesman, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other publications. She is a MacDowell Fellow, and has received grants from the Arts Council and the Authors' Foundation. She lives in Cambridge, England.
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0 有用 伊萨卡岛在这里 2019-06-21 04:10:42
喜欢写爱德华·霍珀那章
1 有用 阿发发Hannah 2017-09-27 17:36:46
#一个没有娱乐系统的12小时国际航班是如何逼迫一个只有kindle的人连续读完两本书的
3 有用 捺捺🐰 2020-02-22 07:24:05
3.5 一开始以为是安妮宝贝一个人旅行的文风,没想到第一章开始讲Edward Hopper第二章讲Andy Warhol一下子就深得我心。读着读着,我开始明白作者是希望借这些艺术家的故事和作品来探讨孤独这个主题,是艺术史分析,也是时评,也是个memoir。很多时候艺术作品,尤其是现代艺术,盯着看也看不出过所以然,但是通过了解Hopper的性格和成长环境,加深了我对他画作的理解。艺术作品总有一只那个... 3.5 一开始以为是安妮宝贝一个人旅行的文风,没想到第一章开始讲Edward Hopper第二章讲Andy Warhol一下子就深得我心。读着读着,我开始明白作者是希望借这些艺术家的故事和作品来探讨孤独这个主题,是艺术史分析,也是时评,也是个memoir。很多时候艺术作品,尤其是现代艺术,盯着看也看不出过所以然,但是通过了解Hopper的性格和成长环境,加深了我对他画作的理解。艺术作品总有一只那个神奇的沟通能力仿佛telepathy一样,站在画作前一下子就懂了。 (展开)
0 有用 怪味豆 2017-12-12 00:29:46
well… 飞机读物
0 有用 阿乐 2020-04-04 15:32:31
Anna
0 有用 whatever 2024-02-17 11:16:31 美国
History about artists, activism, and society
0 有用 Faithful 2022-06-18 11:30:29
Loneliness is personal and political. Such a touching yet powerful study of loneliness in urban life, arts, psychoanalysis, and social reality. Arts cannot cure all but can show that loneliness isn’t ... Loneliness is personal and political. Such a touching yet powerful study of loneliness in urban life, arts, psychoanalysis, and social reality. Arts cannot cure all but can show that loneliness isn’t a failure, not all wounds are ugly, and to fight loneliness is both personal and social businesses. (展开)
0 有用 Parhelion 2021-04-10 03:50:00
I enjoyed how Laing revisits and positions Hopper, Warhol and Darger in the context of urban loneliness.
0 有用 Rcin 2021-03-23 15:26:47
在恰当的时候 读了connecting的书
0 有用 绵蛮_Tata233 2021-01-01 00:54:50
刚开始以为是聊聊关于一座城的孤独,后来发现是base在纽约的一些艺术家背后的孤独,创作的意义,以及相关的关于loneliness的探讨的essay,被作者文笔拉入坑,但有些观点不敢苟同,孤独并不一定是负面的,但这书总体基调还是把它定义成了难以挣脱的枷锁。。能看出来这个姐是andy warhol和david wajnarowics的忠实粉丝。。这俩人简直贯穿了大半本书。。。