Try Your Luck

Try Your Luck! portrays the psychological effects of unemployment. The nameless protagonist experiences typical symptoms -- lack of focus, inability to concentrate, anxiety, and a devastating loss of self-esteem, resulting from feelings of superfluity in a society only valuing the economically active.The nameless unemployed protagonist is marginalized by a society in which only the economically active achieve recognition. A relationship with a woman initially assuages his loneliness, but places him under increased pressure to become a provider. Lacking a sense of initiative and demoralized by fruitless visits to the Unemployment Office, he turns to prostitution to earn the cash to rejoin the mainstream of society.Rosei, Peter is the author of 'Try Your Luck', published 1994 under ISBN 9780929497761 and ISBN 0929497767.