First on Russian is the second classic book of author of the glorified "Road of changes" - novel that entered in шорт-лист of the National book bonus the USA and served basis of film of Sam Мендеса with Леонардо ди Каприо and Кейт Уинслет in leading roles (first together after "Titanic"!). Кейт Аткинсон Йейтса named the "realist of higher test, heir Хемингуэя", and wrote: it is "Needed to mention self this name, "Eleven kinds loneliness", - and the whole generation of readers will smile understandingly. Йейтс created neither anymore nor less than is the New York equivalent of "Дублинцев" of Joyce". The title of collection had time to become denominative (and even our home music lovers remember the album of Таниты Тикарам "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness"). So, your attention eleven histories are offered to about meeting and parting, about love and hatred, about fragility of human relations and cost of deception - from "one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century" .