
The Things We Never Say
The Things We Never Say won the Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Artie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days teaching history to eleventh graders, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbors, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad-at himself and the people around him-and turns a question over and over in his mind: How is it that we know so little about one another?
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Year
- 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9798904941963
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Loneliness and isolationTruth and secrecyMarriage and family
Awards
- The Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2026)
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