Culture | All the lonely people
Two timely books spell out its dangers and perennial allure
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A Biography of Loneliness. By Fay Bound Alberti. Oxford University Press; 320 pages; $25.95 and £20.
A History of Solitude. By David Vincent. Polity; 304 pages; $35 and £25.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “All the lonely people”
From the May 2nd 2020 edition
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