Bücher von Olivia Laing

The Lonely City is a captivating book by Olivia Laing, published in 2017 by Canongate Books. This book explores the subject of loneliness in a unique and profound way, taking the reader on a journey through the busy streets and crowded apartments of the city. The author uses her personal experiences and observations to illuminate the complexities of isolation and solitude in the urban environment. The Lonely City is a thought-provoking read that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowd. Despite being set in the hustle and bustle of the city, it is a book that speaks to the universal human experience of loneliness. Published by Canongate Books, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary literature.

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.

A blisteringly funny and remarkably tender debut novel from Olivia Laing, one of the finest non-fiction writers of her generation.

Wie Geschichte sich in eine Landschaft einschreibt - und wie Geister nie von den Orten verschwinden, die sie lieben. Über sechzig Jahre nachdem Virginia Woolf in der Ouse ertrunken ist, macht Olivia Laing sich an einem hellen Mittsommermorgen auf den Weg durch Südengland, um dem Lauf des magischen Flusses von der Quelle bis zur Mündung zu folgen. In von Kreidefelsen milchig-grün gefärbten Windungen, an Ufern auf dem Weg Richtung Meer sucht sie nach den Geheimnissen, die Flüsse tragen, verbergen, preisgeben. Herauskommt eine große, kluge und poetische Erzählung davon, wie Geschichte sich in eine Landschaft einschreibt - und davon, wie Geister nie von den Orten verschwinden, die sie lieben.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2014A Time Magazine Notable Book of 2014Olivia Laing's widely acclaimed account of how writers in the grip of alcoholism created some of the greatest works of American literatureIn The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and alcohol in the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. Captivating and highly original, The Trip to Echo Spring strips away the myth of the alcoholic writer to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert.