Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (Chinese-English Bilingual Version)

"Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" describes the lives of ordinary New Yorkers in the 1950s and 1960s after World War II in a cold way. It writes about eleven kinds of lonely lives. The protagonists are all people who lack security and live unsatisfactory lives: fired white-collar workers in Manhattan office buildings, people with outstanding imaginations A taxi driver who is overpowered, a young man who has been frustrated many times and wants to be a writer, a confused man and woman who are about to get married, an eccentric old teacher, a newly transferred primary school student, a tuberculosis patient, an old and sick wife, a jazz pianist, a frustrated military officer, a retired soldier, etc. Yates's works are all about the ordinary lives of ordinary people, describing the loneliness, loss and despair of ordinary people. He himself once said: "If there is any theme in my works, I think there is only one simple one: people are lonely, no one can escape, and this is their tragedy." As a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century, critics compared him to Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever. His debut novel "Revolutionary Road" was an immediate success and was nominated for the National Book Award. In 1962, his first short story collection "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" was published, and was even known as "New York's Dubliners". Yates's works have been praised by the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Washington Post and other media, and four novels have been selected for the "Book of the Month Club". In addition, he also has a large number of writer fans, including many famous writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Andre Du Bois. His works have also influenced many writers, such as Raymond Carver, and he is known as the "writer's writer".