VILNIUS TECH Library invites you to spend this summer not only with a book in hand, but also with the opportunity to explore the world through texts that speak to us — our emotions and experiences.
Loneliness is a often unspoken condition that everyone encounters. But is it always a burden? Or can it become a space for creativity, reflection, and growth?
This week’s reading recommendation is a moving and intellectually rich journey through New York City, art, and the deeply human longing to belong. We present Olivia Laing’s "The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone."
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Olivia Laing The Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, 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 moving, The Lonely City is 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. The book was recognized as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. The book was also selected as the Book of the Year by Brain Pickings (now The Marginalian) and was featured in numerous Best Books of the Year lists, including those compiled by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, PopSugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Literary Hub. |
You can borrow these books through the VILNIUS TECH Virtual Library. After receiving a notification that your order is ready, pick up the items at the designated location: the Central Library (1st-floor lobby) or the reading room in your faculty.
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For offline reading, the offline IPC Reader application must be installed and the selected books must be downloaded to the reader while connected to the institutional network. The books can then be read offline later. For more information on e-books, please refer to >>>
