Szerző Olivia Laing
Queer love story meets true crime thriller in the dream factory of 1970s cinema, from the award-winning, bestselling author. Perfect for readers of André Aciman's Call Me By Your Name and Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley.SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL’S…
It is dangerous to want someone this much. He has always known it, from the very first night. It is September 1974.Two men meet by chance in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician…
'What a wonderful book this is. I loved the enchanting and beautifully written story but also the fascinating and thoughtful excursions along the way.' – Nigel Slater‘A garden contains secrets, we all know that: buried elements that might put on strange…
'What a wonderful book this is. I loved the enchanting and beautifully written story but also the fascinating and thoughtful excursions along the way.' – Nigel Slater‘A garden contains secrets, we all know that: buried elements that might put on strange…
A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - 'A fierce and essential work' Helen Macdonald
The author of The Lonely City takes readers on an ambitious investigation into the body in the twentieth century, using the life of the renegade psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich to chart an electrifying course through the great freedom movements of the era,…
Olivia Laing, prize-winning, bestselling author of The Lonely City and Crudo, returns with a career-spanning collection of essays on the power of art in times of crisis.
Míves könyv: riport, memoár és életrajz, a brit író, kritikus a nagyvárosi magány témáját dolgozza fel olyan neves művészek életének bemutatásán át, mint Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz és Henry Darger. Mit jelent a magány? Hogyan éljük…