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Funny Weather
- Art in an Emergency
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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 it can. It changes how we see the world, it exposes inequality, and it offers fertile new ways of living.
Across a diverse selection of essays, Laing profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O’Keeffe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, writes love letters to David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, and explores loneliness and technology, women and alcohol, sex and the body.
Written with originality and compassion, Funny Weather is a celebration of art as a force of resistance and repair – and as an antidote to a frightening political moment.
Critic Reviews
"The book to help you make sense of the world." (Stylist)
"A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art." (Telegraph)
"A warm, thinking, enticing sweep of a book, like spending the afternoon with your brainiest friend." (Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers)