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"Loneliness" is a short-story by Charles Bukowski collected in his 1973 collection South of No North, originally published by John Martin's Black Sparrow Press. It's the first short-story of the book. ^[1]

Plot

A lonely middle-aged woman responds to a personal ad, but the man who posted it, overwhelmed by lust, will not take things in moderation, and their date goes very badly.

See also

• Charles Bukowski
• South of No North

References

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