The Lonely City by Olivia Laing audiobook review – solitude and creativity in Manhattan (opens in new tab)

Tilda Swinton makes her audiobook debut with this landmark study of how New York artists from Edward Hopper to Andy Warhol have lived with lonelinessIt is a decade since Olivia Laing published , a blend of memoir and cultural analysis on the isolation of urban living. Laing – who is non-binary – had moved to Manhattan following a love affair that ended abruptly. Once there, they were taken aback at their feelings of isolation. Laing discovered “you can be lonely anywhere, but there is a parti...