Ble solitude it leaves one feeling less alone ADAM FOULDS author of The uickening Maze br br The Lonely City is a stunning homage to how extreme loneliness can make ushospitable to the strangeness of others to the risks and innovations of art and artists Laing has written a classic that will be cherished for years to come DEBORAH LEVY author of Swimming Home br br Exhilaratingbeautifully integrated original compassionate MICHELE ROBERTS Independent br br A gifted critic and biographera fascinating eerie piece of writing Sunday Times br br Smart and oddly consolingLaing makes the topic her own New York Times Book Review br br Considered authoritative evocative empathetic and full of insightTo join Laing in that atmosphere is to enter a world that is at once dark and lambent and in which loneliness features not just as an eternal fall but as one of the treasures of what it is to be fully briefly human MATTHEW ADAMS The National br br Blisteringly preciseHer gift as a critic is her ability to imaginatively sympathize with her subjects in a way that allows the art and life of the artist to go on radiating meaning after the book is closed Elle br br An uncommonly observant hybrid of memoir history and cultural criticisma book of extraordinary compassion and insight San Francisco Chronicle br br Remarkablea memoir an essay and a group biography all in one which takes a difficult almost taboo subject and deftly turns it over anew Evening Standard br br A devastating and intimate examination of urban loneliness With a uniue voice and painstaking research Laing explores the dark side of our cities as well as the redemptive power of communit.
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