City of Solitude

“The City of Solitude” is one of the most famous works of the British writer Olivia Lang, which skillfully combines the genres of memoir, biography, art and cultural criticism.

At a certain stage in her life, the author finds herself in the vastness of New York, where, despite millions of people and constant movement, she is not left with a feeling of loneliness.

This book is a journey through the space of personal isolation and its unexpected aspects, which are revealed through interaction with art.

Olivia Lang, exploring the lives and works of many artists — “chroniclers of the City of Solitude” — including Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Henry Darger, David Wojnarowicz and others, seeks and finds answers about how loneliness affected their work and what influence it has on the formation of human experience in general.

Her story, her exercises in the art of solitude, are dedicated to anyone who has ever felt alone in the world.