The Origins of Solitude Author:Garth Buckner The future belongs to crowds," DeLillo said, and Garth Buckner populates his book with waves of a human aspect of sea: illegal immigrants who are pirated, shipwrecked and killed in their attempt to find a better life. A powerful and reflective novel, both enraging and hypnotic. Perfectbound, with an original cover designed by Espen Tuft.