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Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness by Richard Yates is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness about?

First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women, Richard Yates creates a haunting mosaic of the 1950s the era when the American dream was finally coming true - and just beginning to ring a little hollow.These unflinchingly realistic stories explore loneliness, but they don't neglect failure, cruelty, and heartbreak. Most of the stories feature men who have been disappointed, somehow, by their inability to go on and fulfil the promise of their youth.Contents"Doctor Jack-o'-lantern""The Best of Everything""Jody Rolled The Bones""No Pain Whatsoever""A Glutton for Punishment""A Wrestler with Sharks""Fun with a Stranger""The B.A.R. Man""A Really Good Jazz Piano""Out with the Old""Builders"

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Richard Yates
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781407018836
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Short Stories
Rating
4.11 / 5 (37 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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