Yksin
By Juhani Aho
A Finnish man in his thirties is turned down by the young woman he loves and leaves for Paris to forget her. Alone among the boulevards, cafés and night life of the city, he drifts between temptation and longing. The short novel, close to Aho's own life, caused a stir when it appeared in 1890.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.