German writer Benedict Wells (b. 1984) is called one of the most talented representatives of the younger generation. The End of Loneliness is a moving narrative, a biographical novel, a parable novel. Jules, Marty and Liz grow up in a happy family. Surrounded by attention and care, they do not suspect that their entire lives will be changed by the death of their parents. The subsequent stay in the boarding school separates the children - each of them chooses their own path, full of mistakes and losses. Years pass, and the matured Jules, the main character of the novel, seeks to rewrite his own destiny and make up for lost time in order to devote himself to his vocation and find the love of the fragile, mysterious girl Alva. The novel was published in early 2016 and took third place on the bestseller list of Der Spiegel magazine; the book was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature. For the first time in Russian.