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 funny and touching 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). Insomniac City is both a meditation on grief and a celebration of life. Filled with Hayes's distinctive street photos of everyday New Yorkers, the book is a love song to the city and to all who have felt the particular magic and solace it offers.
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单纯被标题吸引去听了有声书 一下子就听完了 没想到这么喜欢 很多地方感同身受 最后没想到会????????
评分买这本书的初衷是Bill Hayes在旧金山住了多年后搬去纽约，弥补我没有搬去纽约的小遗憾。开始以为只是写他在纽约疗伤时的随笔，没想到最后却是一个but。Bill也是一个people watcher和feeling person，即便有时只是流水一样的叙事，也是很细腻。
评分矫情，抽瘋，自我矛盾，感性得脑残。
评分矫情，抽瘋，自我矛盾，感性得脑残。
评分矫情，抽瘋，自我矛盾，感性得脑残。
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