The Resource Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me, Bill Hayes
Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me, Bill Hayes
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The item Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me, Bill Hayes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Note
- "Insomniac City is a moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls 'the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected' of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks." -- Page 4 of cover
- Isbn
- 9781620404942
- Label
- Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me
- Title
- Insomniac city
- Title remainder
- New York, Oliver Sacks, and me
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Hayes
- Title variation
- New York Oliver Sacks and me
- Subject
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- Hayes, Bill, 1961- -- Diaries
- Hayes, Bill, 1961-,
- Hayes, Bill, 1961-, -- Relations with men
- Neurologists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Portraits
- Authors -- Biography
- Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
- Street photography -- New York (State) | New York
- Photographers -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Essayists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hayes, Bill
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hayes, Bill
- Hayes, Bill
- Hayes, Bill
- Sacks, Oliver
- Authors
- Photographers
- Essayists
- Neurologists
- Street photography
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me, Bill Hayes
- Note
- "Insomniac City is a moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls 'the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected' of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks." -- Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251096651
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781620404942
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Insomniac city : New York, Oliver Sacks, and me, Bill Hayes
- Note
- "Insomniac City is a moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls 'the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected' of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks." -- Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251096651
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781620404942
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Hayes, Bill, 1961- -- Diaries
- Hayes, Bill, 1961-,
- Hayes, Bill, 1961-, -- Relations with men
- Neurologists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Portraits
- Authors -- Biography
- Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
- Street photography -- New York (State) | New York
- Photographers -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Essayists -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
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