The Lonely Americans

De: William Atlas

Narrado por: Brad Holbrook

"He is her witness. I will never be able to take this, his witnessing, away from him. I will always be one level removed, attaching images to shadows. Every sound is an echo. Here I am, in the echo chamber. The door is locked. The walls are thin and aerated. Every smell reaches me, every touch brushes against my skin. Where do they end and I begin? Yes, that is the question: where do I begin?"

When Adam moves to Rennes, France, to oversee a merger, he soon finds that his neighbor, Paul Rothrock, is also a 25-year-old American. When it comes to romance, Adam and Paul have very different styles. Adam is attracted to the hookup culture that he finds on Tinder, while Paul falls hopelessly in love with a French woman named Inès.

Throughout the novel, the story of Paul and Inès’ love affair is filtered through the auralistic voice of the narrator, who can hear every sound in Paul’s apartment through his bedroom wall.

©2020 William Atlas (P)2021 William Atlas

Loved it!!

While I don’t usually listen to audiobooks, I made an exception for The Lonely Americans. The book is phenomenally written and the printed version is so riveting, but hearing the audiobook was a totally different experience. The narration was amazing and I could genuinely feel myself getting swept up in the story. Highly recommend it for any fan of literary/contemporary romance novels!

More William Atlas work please

The main characters may have grown up in the digital hook up age, but their young adult struggles are timeless. The authors smart but conversational style reveals a remarkable amount of subtle insight into human nature. If you care about anyone between the ages of 19 & 35, you should require them to read this book, & you should read it yourself too.