Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. They’re the author of eight books, including «The Lonely City» (2016), «Everybody» (2021) and the Sunday Times number one bestseller, «The Garden Against Time» (2024). Laing’s first novel, «Crudo» (2018), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. They’re a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2018 were awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. Laing’s books have been translated into twenty-one languages.
Auf der Suche nach einem Paradies auf Erden
After the brilliant essayist who is ‘among the most significant voices of our times’ (Financial Times) analysed the long struggle for physical freedom and sexual self-determination with a radically new perspective in ‘Everybody. A Book About Freedom’ (Norton, 2022), their new book ‘The Garden Against Time’ is an homage to the diversity of the garden and the deep-rooted possibilities that lie hidden within it. After all, new ways of life have always been tried out in the midst of flowerbeds.
Warum unser Körper politisch ist
