Eleven kinds of loneliness
Yates, Richard, 1926-19922008
Book
This collection of short stories sees Yates cast his compassionate eye over 11 unrelenting but flawless portraits of human frailty and resilience. He creates a haunting mosaic of the 1950s, an era when the American dream was finally coming true but also starting to ring a little hollow.
Main title:
Eleven kinds of loneliness / Richard Yates.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2008.
Collation:
220 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, 1962; London: Deutsch, 1964.
ISBN:
9780099518570 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
BRN:
349239