twentiestossing’s Reviews > White Nights > Status Update

i really relate to the “dreamer” feeling so socially isolated and the anxiety of a social visit feeling so painful and unnatural because they can’t connect to the other person so the conversation feels forced and artificial to them.

• “Oh, no, of course I see people, but nevertheless I am alone.”

• “Why, tell me, Nastenka, does the conversation between these two interlocutors never get going?”