The Lonely City av Olivia Laing, her på originalspråket engelsk, utkom for første gang i 2016, og dette er den påfølgende pocketutgaven fra 2017.

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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 ShareFile 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 reddende and embraced.