Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

Lonely City : Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia LaingWhen Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness

is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman

a little girl asks her grandad to help her paint a rainbow on the sky

Kevin Barry has been acclaimed as one of the world’s most accomplished and gifted short story writers

Part of the bestselling saga about childhood friends following different paths by “one of the great novelists of our time” (The New York Times)

who is just 'a bit lost'

one which Winona struggles to confront

she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees her as second-best

is Olga Tokarczuk's most ambitious to date

better known by his pseudonym Flann O'Brien

woolly ones

a young transgender doctor

unexpected beauty in the wilderness