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A really rewarding book to read...it outlines various
flawed ways peeps try to escape loneliness ('losing
oneself' in a job, trying to 'possess' pleasure-sources,
getting all legalistic about what "I got a *right* to
have", etc.)...Tournier claims that only in a "fellowship"
of some sort is there any hope of escaping the loneliness
that so many try to escape. Thought-provoking...
flawed ways peeps try to escape loneliness ('losing
oneself' in a job, trying to 'possess' pleasure-sources,
getting all legalistic about what "I got a *right* to
have", etc.)...Tournier claims that only in a "fellowship"
of some sort is there any hope of escaping the loneliness
that so many try to escape. Thought-provoking...