Alone - Reflections on Solitary Living

The challenges and contours of a life spent largely alone is the subject of Schreiber''s reflective, elegantly written book - a bestseller in Germany and recently translated into English. In eight essays, blending personal narrative and psychology, Schreiber explores contemporary solitude . . . Schreiber writes perceptively of the pain of being "left behind" in love, and of the cumulative effect of routine loneliness and its insidious, stultifying impact on well-being and broader world view. His descriptions of mixed, murky feelings are evocative, moving and often instantly familiar . . . Schreiber applies psychology and sociology carefully, never rushing to flimsy conclusions or reaching for false connections . . . Schreiber''s well-read self-reflection elevates Alone . With this thought-provoking, often profound book, he proffers a hand to anyone who may have felt irrevocably, irredeemably alone and says "me, too"

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Schreiber
• Assisted by: Fergusson Ben (Translation)
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781399744096
• ISBN: 978-1-399-74409-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Memoirs, Social, group or collective psychology, Literary essays, Coping with loneliness / solitude, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs