{"product_id":"alone-reflections-on-solitary-living-hardcover","title":"Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Schreiber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBen Fergusson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book for our times: a moving meditation on the tension between loneliness and freedom, individualism and love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure? And can we ever be happy on our own? Drawing on personal experience, as well as philosophy and sociology, Daniel Schreiber explores the tension between the desire for solitude and freedom, and the desire for companionship, intimacy, and love. Along the way he illuminates the role that friendships play in our lives--can they be a response to the loss of meaning in a world in crisis? A profoundly enlightening book on how we want to live, \u003ci\u003eAlone\u003c\/i\u003e spent almost a year on Germany's bestseller list.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Schreiber\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/i\u003e, the first complete biography of the intellectual icon, as well as the highly praised and bestselling German-language literary essays \u003ci\u003eNüchtern \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eZuhause\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berlin.\u003cb\u003e Ben Fergusson \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning writer and translator. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTales from the Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Honest Man\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.88 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764831387936,"sku":"9781789147650","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1bf05ee9d80045bf5f4b39c06f7d5981.webp?v=1780255973","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alone-reflections-on-solitary-living-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}