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| Original Title: | Eleven Kinds of Loneliness |
| ISBN: | 0679722211 (ISBN13: 9780679722212) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Richard Yates
Paperback | Pages: 230 pages Rating: 4.08 | 4503 Users | 381 Reviews
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| Title | : | Eleven Kinds of Loneliness |
| Author | : | Richard Yates |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 230 pages |
| Published | : | April 23rd 1989 by Vintage Contemporaries (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Literature. American |
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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.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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Yates is true to form depicting people struggling to find their place in a society that is filled with people who are self-absorbed and who seek out and exploit the vulnerable. Yates himself and his relationships are woven into these stories as was the case with Revolutionary Road. The failed marriages, heavy drinking, time in the army, ghost writing and journalistic work are examples. His own life seemed to echo his stories, moving from place to place, never feeling successful. The IndependentKoi Yeh Kaise Bataaye Ke Wo Tanha Kyoon Hai, Wo jo apna thaa wahi aur kisi ka kyoon hai Yahi duniya hai to phir aisee ye duniya kyoon hai Yahi hota hai to aakhir yahi hota kyoon hai - Kaifi Azmi ( from the movie Arth) How does one explain away his loneliness to another, That which was once his now belonging to another... If this how the world is , why is this world like that, If this is what is supposed to happen,then why does it happen so...Some days it feels like there are as many Kinds of
When I think of great American authors of the twentieth century, names like Jack London, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and J.D.Salinger come to mind. I had never heard of Richard Yates till recently and had not known anything about him. Recently, I happened to watch the film Revolutionary Road, which was based on his book of the same name. In that book, Yates casts a critical eye at suburban American life in the 1950s. He sees that there is tall talk about the American Dream in those days.
The title could also have been "Eleven Kinds of Disappointment." It was sometimes rather depressing to read the moments revealing the naked truth of society and human relationships. Characters who don't know what they want, characters who are not satisfied in life but too afraid or lazy to struggle, characters who seem to lack of courage but mostly prefer to accept the lack of solution in their lives, characters who give up on hope and accept to be losers for the sake of escaping responsibility,
Note: This will be an ongoing review as I've been endeavouring to do for anthologies and collections. I just feel that every story deserves a little time in the sun. (FINISHED)This has been on my shelves gathering dust for a while now. The title just sounded so melodramatic, and Yates had a reputation for being on the grave side. Now that the dust has been wiped away, and I'm reading, I've discovered that these stories are breathtaking - and I'm using that cliché here as there isn't a better
An outstanding writer, that Yates. I have to read everything he's written at some point.
Richard Yates is the king 👑
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