Elf Arten Der Einsamkeit by Richard Yates
A searing short-story collection that follows a range of ordinary Americans whose lives are marked by quiet desperation, failed marriages, stalled careers and the corrosive isolation of unmet expectations. Through spare, unsentimental prose the stories expose how small choices, cruelties, and miscommunications compound into lifelong loneliness, portraying postwar domestic life with dark clarity and bleak humor. The result is an unflinching portrait of disappointment, empathy for flawed characters, and a meditation on the ways solitude shapes identity.
- Published
- 1962
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
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