Olivia Laing - Böcker

"Den ensamma staden" blev utnämnd till BOOK OF THE YEAR (2016) av Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman och Times Literary Supplement. "Läs Olivia Laings stillsamt drabbande bok om ensamhet! Jag blev både sorgsen...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE Chosen as 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, Herald When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found he...

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I ett samtal som ingår i "Märkligt väder" framhåller Olivia Laing att hon aldrig vill hålla sig till en enda sak utan gillar att kunna röra sig fram och tillbaka mellan olika saker. Och om det är något som är påtagligt i texterna i den h...

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"Det här är en bok om kroppar i fara och kroppar som en kraft för förändring." Så lyder första meningen i Olivia Laings bok om vad våra erfarenheter gör med våra kroppar och vad våra kroppar gör med våra erfarenheter. Men bokens perspekt...

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A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Shortlisted for the Goldsmith's Prize, the Gordon Burn Prize and the James Tait Black Award Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It's the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. From a Tuscan ...

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Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six...

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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 ...

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Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow ...

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'Intensely moving, vital and artful' - Guardian 'A dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling' - Sunday Times At a moment in which basic rights are once again in danger, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into ...

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In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. 'Never has a publication been more timely' - Da...

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An author’s walk “from source to sea along the Ouse in Sussex is a meandering, meditative delight” drawing on history, literature, and the river itself (The Guardian, UK). In To The River, author Olivia Laing embarks on a weeklon...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEChosen as 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' by Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, HeraldWhen Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabi...

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar , Marie Claire , Elle, Publishers Weekly , and Lit Hub A dazzling work of bio...

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"She had no idea what to do with love, she experienced it as invasion, as the prelude to loss and pain, she really didn't have a clue." Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It's the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling a...

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In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. Funny Weather brings together a car...

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Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six...

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POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS USING HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS Help protect your network with this important reference work on cyber security Power quality (PQ) in electrotechnical systems refers to a set of characteristics related to the mo...

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POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS USING HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS Help protect your network with this important reference work on cyber security Power quality (PQ) in electrotechnical systems refers to a set of characteristics related to the mo...

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POWER QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS USING HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS Help protect your network with this important reference work on cyber security Power quality (PQ) in electrotechnical systems refers to a set of characteristics related to the mo...

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism#1 Book of the Year from Brain PickingsNamed a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit HubA dazzling work of biography...

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A New York Times Notable Book of 2014 A Time Magazine Notable Book of 2014 Olivia Laing's widely acclaimed account of how writers in the grip of alcoholism created some of the greatest works of American literature In The Trip to Echo Spring , Oliv...

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Read this meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness, which is also a powerful account of his life as an HIV positive man in the 1980s. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a gard...

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'Simply one of our most exciting writers' - Observer 'A free-wheeling and joyful exploration of the works and lives of a range of artists and thinkers who brought libidinal and creative energy together with spectacular results' - Jack Halberstam T...

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'Intensely moving, vital and artful' - Guardian'A dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling' - Sunday TimesAt a moment in which basic rights are once again in danger, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into the body and its disco...

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'CRUDO is a hot, hot book. The fuse is lit.' - The Observer 'Beautiful and strange, Olivia Laings CRUDO is an urgent, compelling, funny and moving tale for our times.' - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train Olivia Lai...

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'CRUDO is a hot, hot book. The fuse is lit.' - The Observer'Beautiful and strange, Olivia Laing's CRUDO is an urgent, compelling, funny and moving tale for our times.' - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainOlivia Laing's first novel is a...

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In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century.'Never has a publication been more timely' - Daz...

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