Funny Weather
- Author Olivia Laing
- Narrator Sophie Aldred
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 9 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Coping with loneliness / solitude, Family and health, History of art, Literary essays, Literature: history and criticism, Political activism, Politics and government, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Social attitudes, Society and Social Sciences, The Arts.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- $15.99
- $14.99
- $13.99
- $12.99
- $11.99
Listen to a sample
What to expect
'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 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.
Critics Review
-
A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art
Telegraph -
Olivia Laing is my new favourite non-fiction writer
Nick 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 her
James Lasdun -
A warm, thinking, enticing sweep of a book, like spending the afternoon with your brainiest friend
Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers -
Her observations and poetic incisiveness on art, writers and politics are a gift. This is a fascinating, excursive, tonic of a book
Sinead Gleeson, author of Constellations -
A thought-provoking, inspiring collection that you can go back to whenever the weather takes a funny turn
Evening Standard
More from the same
Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to get tailored content recommendations, product updates and info on new releases. Your data is your own: we commit to protect your data and respect your privacy.