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Strangers

Paul Sturgis is a retired bank manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage, whom he visits on Sunday afternoons ...

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  • "Paul Sturgis is a retired bank manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage, whom he visits on Sunday afternoons ..."@en
  • "Paul Sturgis is a retired bank manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. Resigned to his bachelorhood and the quietude of his London fiat he occasionally pays obliging visits to his nearest living relative, Helena. To avoid the impolite complications of turning down Helena's Christmas invitation, Paul sets off for a holiday in Venice, where he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner. Younger than Paul by several decades, this intriguing and lovely woman is in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Upon his return to England, a former girlfriend, Sarah, reenters Paul's life, and these two women reroute Paul's introspections and spark a transformation within him. Ultimately, these discoveries about himself lead him to make a shocking decision about his life..."
  • "Resigned to bachelorhood in his London flat, retiree Paul Sturgis unexpectedly finds himself in two relationships, including one with a separated woman he met on a holiday trip to Venice and another with an ex-girlfriend."
  • "Resigned to bachelorhood in his London flat, retiree Paul Sturgis unexpectedly finds himself in two relationships, including one with a separated woman he met on a holiday trip to Venice and another with an ex-girlfriend."@en
  • "Paul Sturgos is a retired bank manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage, whom he visits on Sunday afternoons. Trying to make a sense of his current solitary state, and fearing that his destiny may be to die among strangers, Sturgis trawls through memories of his failed relationships and finds himself longing for companionship. But then a chance encounter with a stranger - a recently divorced and demanding younger woman - shakes up his routine and an old girlfriend appears on the scene."@en

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  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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  • "Strangers"
  • "Strangers [a novel]"@en
  • "Strangers a novel"

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