Insomniac City

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Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by But, at forty eight years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city s incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late night strolls with his camera.And he unexpectedly fell in love again, with his friend and neighbor, the writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose exuberance I don t so much fear death as I do wasting life, he tells Hayes early on is captured in vignettes throughout What emerges is a portrait of Sacks at his most personal and endearing, from falling in love for the first time at age seventy five to facing illness and death Sacks died of cancer in August 2015. Download Insomniac City author Bill Hayes – kino-fada.fr One of the most moving and beautiful works of nonfiction I ve read in some time, Insomniac City is a highly unique mini memoir and portrait of two great loves of Bill Hayes life Oliver Sacks and New York City And though so much will break your heart, it will ache with gladness too, for Hayes writes, sees, feels, appreciates the simple and complex beauty of human life, and articulately of the mesmerizing urban jungle that is New York, and his book is a celebration of love Love that can unite One of the most moving and beautiful works of nonfiction I ve read in some time, Insomniac City is a highly unique mini memoir and portrait of two great loves of Bill Hayes life Oliver Sacks and New York City And though so much will break your heart, it will ache with gladness too, for Hayes writes, sees, feels, appreciates the simple and complex beauty of human life, and articulately of the mesmerizing urban jungle that is New York, and his book is a celebration of love Love that can unite people and bring people together, from small interactions in a skateboard park to the deep, soul touching love Bill and O experience together It s so well written, and yet also incredibly raw, delighting and saddening me in alternating states It s reallyof a collection of ideas, feelings, journal entries, thoughts of Bill Hayes than anything, but the book seems to be a written embodiment of his own state, so it feels extremely authentic and ...Insomniac Citysuch tender, moving, heartwarming heartbreaking, intelligent writing everything is beautifully observed in this reflective piece of prose a form of ode, a love letter to New York, to a one of a kind love His NY observations are so insightful so carefully and tenderly described you can t help fall for it yourself How he talks about O how considered his thoughts are, it is so intricately shared here Love is so personal, it has no boundaries, it s delicate it s destructive it s Insomniac Citysuch tender, moving, heartwarming heartbreaking, intelligent writing everything is beautifully observed in this reflective piece of prose a form of ode, a love letter to New York, to a one of a kind love His NY observations are so insightful so carefully and tenderly described you can t help fall for it yourself How he talks about O how considered his thought...I couldn t help but fall in love with New York City as I lived it through author Bill Hayes eyes reading Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me He is a wonderful observer and he captures the essence of people through photographs and his stories He tells us his life journey after he loses his beloved partner he leaves San Francisco to start fresh in NYC and we experience his existence as he heals his soul, taking in the sights of the city and finding beauty in his connections with others I couldn t help but fall in love with New York City as I lived it through author Bill Hayes eyes reading Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me He is a wonderful observer and he captures the essence of people through photographs and his stories He tells us his life journey after he loses his beloved partner he leaves San Francisco to start fresh in NYC and we experience his existence as he heals his soul, taking in the sights of the city and finding beauty in his connections with others We here about his relationship with Oliver Sacks, the well known neurologist, genius of a man and can feel the love they had for each other through the pages Although Sacks was almost 30 years older, Hayes often seemed to be his guide contributing to what made them a well matched, intriguing couple.I ve always been enad with New York City and did enjoy living there for a while,...I remember a friend sending me excerpts of this book I read it while I was at Doolally a taproom in Bombay I was waiting for friends to show up for the Wednesday night quiz and then something happened which I hadn t expected to I wept by the time I had finished reading the long excerpt I cried I think I even bawled I strongly also believe that when an art form does that to you when it creeps up on you like that and almost shatters your world you re in for a rollercoaster ride That I remember a friend sending me excerpts of this book I read it while I was at Doolally a taproom in Bombay I was waiting for friends to show up for the Wednesday night quiz and then something happened which I hadn t expected to I wept by the time I had finished reading the lon...3Bill Hayes 6 2009 2015 , 3Bill Hayes 6 2009 2015 ,2 , Insomniac City is a slight book, and its breeziness and lack of depth will either strike a reader as charming and fl neur like or will be irritating in the extreme What is called a memoir is actually littlethan a commonplace book, including extracts of diaries, snippets of conversation, and notes taken with studied casualness and later transcribed into the text The low point of this approach comes when Hayes describes replacing Sacks typewriter ribbon Testing the new ribbon, the latter Insomniac City is a slight book, and its breeziness and lack of depth will either strike a reader as charming and fl neur like or will be irritating in the extreme What is called a memoir is actually littlethan a commonplace book, including extracts of diaries, snippets of conversation, and notes taken with studied casualness and later transcribed into the text The low point of this approach comes when Hayes describes replacing Sacks typewriter ribbon Testing the new ribbon, the latter strikes random keys and types nonsense phrases, all of which Hayes dutifully reproduces in a two page spread It s hard to avoid the sense that one is watching a doting mo...via my blog Some days, I feel like Sylvia Plath married to Anne Sexton or is it Anne Sexton married to Sylvia Plath but without the depression or suicides Just poetry This is a bitingly beautiful book, a celebration of life, love, loss, New York and the relationship between Bill Hayes and Oliver Sacks In truth, I fell in love with Oliver myself bathing in the memories Hayes showers on the reader There seemed to be an infinite childlike curiosity and via my blog Some days, I feel like Sylvia Plath married to Anne Sexton or is it Anne Sexton married to Sylvia Plath but without the depression or suicides Just poetry This is a bitingly beautiful book, a celebration of life, love, loss, New York and the relationship between Bill Hayes and Oliver Sacks In truth, I fell in love with Oliver myself bathing in the memories Hayes showers on the re...This gorgeous book is a love letter to the author s partner Oliver Sacks and to the city of New York The NYC of Billy Hayes is one I ve only caught a glimpse of he s the kind of man who can make friends with anyone, and goes out of his way to do so Reading this book is like getting an insider s look at the city through the eyes of someone who loves humanity The prose reads like poetry, and you can tell the author cares as much ...I wanted to savour this, but I ended up devouring it It was magical.I didn t want this book to end.

Insomniac City
  • English
  • 20 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 294 pages
  • 1620404931
  • Bill Hayes
  • Insomniac City