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Richard Yates's 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 fulfill the promise of their youth. 230 pages, Paperback.
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- Richard Yates
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a collection of short stories written by Richard Yates from 1951 to 1961. All of the stories also appeared in the posthumously released Richard Yates, The Collected Stories (2004), which includes other stories.
- Arthur W. M. Voss, Richard Yates
- 1962
Mar 29, 2023 · Eleven kinds of loneliness: short stories. by. Richard Yates. Publication date. 1962-01-01. Publisher. Little, Brown. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Notes. Cut-off text on some pages due to tight binding. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2023-03-29 06:11:20.
Jan 1, 2008 · 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.
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- 1962
- Arthur W. M. Voss, Richard Yates
- Richard Yates
This has eleven short stories that are mainly based in and around New York and have a slight melancholy feel to them, the delicious kind that makes you feel nostalgic without the depression that can come after.
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- Paperback
- Richard Yates
In The Easter Parade, he tells the story of two sisters whose parents’ divorce overshadows their entire lives. And in the stories in Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, we witness men and women striving for better lives amid discouragement and disillusion.
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.
