{"product_id":"9781399744096-alone","title":"Alone","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn different ways of living\u003cbr\u003eAn intelligent and profoundly moving book about friendship, loneliness and the enduring myth of romantic love - for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book to love and cherish'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful writer and, just as important, a beautiful thinker'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHanya Yanagihara, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Friendship is, in fact, as much the topic of this book as aloneness'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Bakewell, G\u003ci\u003euardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heartfelt memoir on being single, living alone and the existential experience of loneliness'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Romantic love, suggests the author, is the lone \"grand narrative\" to have survived seismic societal shifts in modern times . Hermits and intimacy, the taboo of loneliness and the consolation of friendship - all find their place in a meditation that nods to joy and adversity'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125713256822,"sku":"9781399744096","price":7.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34007380.jpg?v=1746075083","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399744096-alone","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}