The Slaves of Solitude

The Slaves of Solitude

Published

January 1947

Publishers

UK
Abacus
US
NYRB
Germany
Dorlemann
Greece
Stereoma
Italy
Fazi Editore
Turkey
Jaguar
Measuring out the wartime days in a small town on the Thames, Miss Roach is not unattractive but no longer quite young. The Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, where she lives with half a dozen others, is as grey and lonely as its residents. For Miss Roach, 'slave of her task-master, solitude', a shaft of not altogether welcome light is suddenly beamed upon her, with the appearance of a charismatic and emotional American Lieutenant. With him comes change - tipping the precariously balanced society of the house and presenting Miss Roach herself with a dilemma.