Picador, 9781250118035, 336pp. 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. Laing turns to her four artists one by one in fluid portraits that she builds through a personal engagement with them, to create a ‘map’ of lonely living. It's 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 Lonely City is a layered and endlessly rewarding book, among the finest I have ever read. 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. Free delivery on qualified orders. About the Author. The majority of the research for the book took place when Laing was living alone in New York City after having been abruptly left by a partner. One of these items ships sooner than the other. - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings. The Lonely Mountain, known in Sindarin as Erebor, referred to both a mountain in northern Rhovanion and the subterranean Dwarven city contained within it. Her first book, To the River, was published by Canongate to wide acclaim and shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Add both to Cart. The Lonely City is a layered and endlessly rewarding book, among the finest I have ever read." Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Humane, provocative and deeply moving, The Lonely City is about the spaces between people and the things that draw them together, about sexuality, mortality and the magical possibilities of art. In the latter half of the Third Age, it became the greatest city in Middle-earth. About the Author. 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