Yuri Lubovski

Solitaire: Short Stories Yuri Lubovski

A story collection that stages the prime of our life, its bittersweet periods of content and discontent in our time, baring many unspoken longings in pursuit of success, happiness-and love. A man approaching midlife begins to focus where he is, and what he is-a member of the cast? Or of the audience? He queries his contemporaries, a relative and a close friend a generation ahead, seeking affirmations to his sense of self-worth. Federal work force: civilian, active and ex military, cranking out Washington bureaucracy, in the process butting heads on a collision course, some suffering career burnout and even dying on the job, others sacked after getting caught in sexual dalliances during work hours. Men, women, seeking an escape from loneliness in singles scenes, Bible fellowships, relationship seminars. Some finding relief in short-term intimacies and friendships, others 'rescued' from their worldly ways by their new-found Faith. An expatriate takes a trip 'back home' after twenty-five years in America and finds out-along with the rot in politics and government in the country-why it is often said 'You can't go home again.'