The essay is populated by a diverse cast, from Emily Dickinson and Marie Antoinette to Japanese hikikomori and pop stars like Miley Cyrus.
Bárcena revives the archaic Spanish word solitud to describe a chosen, positive state of being alone—the kind often sought by artists and monks—contrasting it with the painful, unchosen "soledad". Mapa De Soledades Juan Gomez Barcena epub