He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere
spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren
circumstances of the here and now.'Paul Sturgis is a retired banker
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: the cheerful Australian girl who cuts his hair, the lady at
the drycleaners. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed
cousin by marriage - herself a virtual stranger - to whom he pays
ritualistic visits on a Sunday afternoon.
Trying to make 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, or at the
very least a conversation. But then a chance encounter with a stranger -
a recently divorced and demanding younger woman - shakes up his routine
and when an old girlfriend appears on the scene, Sturgis is forced to
make a decision about how (and with whom) he wants to spend the rest of
his days . .
Strangers - Anita Brookner
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