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 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, Alone spent almost a year on Germany's bestseller list.

About the Author
Daniel Schreiber is the author of the Susan Sontag biography Geist und Glamour (2007) as well as the highly praised and widely read essays Nu chtern (2014) and Zuhause (2017). He lives in Berlin, Germany.

Reviews
'The most moving, memorable books are the ones that attempt to answer questions that the author has been struggling with for his entire life. In Alone, Daniel Schreiber - a beautiful writer and, just as important, a beautiful thinker - explores the questions of not just his life, but our age: Who am I if no one loves me? What are the limits of friendship? How does one live with deep and profound loneliness? This is a book for not just this year, but for this era.' - Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life



Book Information
ISBN 9781789147650
Author Daniel Schreiber
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publisher Reaktion Books