Synopsis
'A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art' – Telegraph
In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a vivid and politically-engaged case for the importance of art – especially in the turbulent weather of the twenty-first century.
We are often told art can’t change anything. In Funny Weather, Laing argues that...
Details
29 April 2021368 pages
9781529027655Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and artTelegraph
Olivia Laing is my new favourite non-fiction writerNick Hornby
Like all great critics, Olivia Laing combines formidable intelligence with boundless curiosity and fabulous taste, but she also has a rare quality of intimacy; an ability to connect the reader to a work of art or literature with a directness that lights it up like nothing else. It’s why I read herJames Lasdun
Her observations and poetic incisiveness on art, writers and politics are a gift. This is a fascinating, excursive, tonic of a bookSinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations
