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Woody Guthrie, American Radical

Will Kaufman

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Woody Guthrie, American Radical reclaims the politically radical profile of America's greatest...

Rumours of Glory: A Memoir

Bruce Cockburn

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Following the success of I'm Your Man and Just Kids, legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Bruce...

New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights

Patricia Hynes, Michele Lamb, Damien Short and Matthew Waites

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New Directions in the Sociology of Human Rights is a contribution to both sociology and to human...

Combating Torture and Other Ill-Treatment: A Manual for Action

Amnesty International, Human Rights Implementation Centre and Juan Mendez

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Far from being a mediaeval practice eradicated in modern times, torture continues to thrive the...

Acts of Gaiety: lGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure

Sara Warner

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Acts of Gaiety explores the mirthful modes of political performance by LGBT artists, activists, and...

Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics

Khalil Al-Anani

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Inside the Muslim Brotherhood provides a comprehensive analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt...

Power Relations in Black Lives: Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias

Christa Buschendorf

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According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the core of human conflicts. They shape...

Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone in Books

Sep 25, 2017

Hauntingly poignant, such a great exploration into loneliness

Such a fabulously enticing book exploring the 1970's and 1980's New York scene while revealing the writer's own issues of dealing with loneliness. From the introvert but flamboyant Andy Warhol, to the artist David Wojnarowicz's AIDS activism, Olivia Laing brings to light the spaces between people and the things that draw them together.

The chapters on painter Edward Hopper and Henry Darger are particularly poignant, especially as Darger was practically invisible, and only known after his death as his paintings were discovered in his accommodation. The author's own story remains mysterious. The book epitomises loneliness, despite the bright lights of the big city.