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What are some good books that deal with the issue of loneliness?

>> No.5028477

skip every other rec and go right to michel de montaigne's collected essays

they are all you need

>> No.5028480

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

>> No.5028483

>Siddhartha
>A World Out of Time
>Death of the Adversary

none focus on lonliness, but they each have their nuances on the subject.

>> No.5028491

>>5028477
yea they sure deal with the issue of loneliness

>> No.5028501

>>5028451
Issue?
We must be on a different page.

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>>5028491

LOL

Do you even read?

>> No.5028517

Can one feel lonely even when surrounded by others during most of the time?

>> No.5028527

>>5028451
You Can't Go Home Again

>> No.5028557

>>5028451
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

>> No.5028576

>>5028517
It's called alienation

>> No.5028959

>>5028451
If you novice: No longer Human, Catcher in the rye, The idiot.

>> No.5029096

>>5028557
This is a good one.

I'd also recommend Of Mice and Men.

>> No.5029772

>>5028517
of course

>> No.5029783

Stoner?

>> No.5029798

>>5028959
>The idiot.
>novice

toppest of all keks in kekland

>> No.5031170

>>5028516
>2014 using an Althusser reaction image

>> No.5031683

>>5028451
Free as in Freedom

You start off thinking it's about software, rights, etc., but you realize it's more of a story about autism and loneliness.

>> No.5031740

The entire works of Beckett is all you need. He will make you feel like a naked man lying in a bath of filth laughing at everything.

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>>5028451
>good book
>considering loneliness as an issue

>> No.5034098

>>5029798
>getting upset about being labelled a novice
>using the meme "kek"
>speaking in nonsensical internet jargon

You are a child

>> No.5034398

Surprised this hasn't already been said but
>Catcher in The Rye