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

The Lonely City

Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Author: Olivia Laing

Read by: Olivia Laing, Tilda Swinton

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09:36.43

Published: 18th June 2026

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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 the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, 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.

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