by Richard Yates · Minimum Fax · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788875210885
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«Undici solitudini» is Richard Yates's collection of short stories, published by Minimum Fax in paperback (257 pages, in Italian).
It brings together eleven stories in which Manhattan secretaries, disillusioned soldiers, children and dreamy taxi drivers appear trapped in the loneliness of ordinary life. With precise dialogue and essential prose, Yates turns the everyday into a portrait of the shadows of the American dream, and the work has been compared to Dubliners.
The work was originally published in 1962 as Eleven Kinds of Loneliness; this 2006 Italian edition, in the Minimum Classics collection, includes a preface by Paolo Cognetti and a translation by Maria Lucioni.
Recommended for readers of American fiction and classic twentieth-century short stories who appreciate the realistic portrayal of loneliness.
Richard Walden Yates was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. Critical acclaim for his writing, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime.
