出自文藝媒體「虛詞」欄目，旨在探索不同作家、藝術家、哲學家的獨身狀態，本書集合廿六位古今中外名家的獨身故事（包括：卡夫卡、普魯斯特、狄金生、宮澤賢治等），從他們的文學作品、傳記、軼聞中窺探他們對於愛情、婚姻、獨身的奇思異想、特立獨行。文藝入門書籍，旁觀他人的獨身，不失為輕鬆有趣。

From the column in p.articles, this collection of essays explores the idea of celibacy in the eyes of writers, artists and philosophers. 《文學單身動物園》gathers 26 interesting life stories of world-renowned people (including Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, Kenji Miyazawa and many more) as well as their creative works, notes and biography. Their stories reveal their perspective on love, marriage and individualism. An easy and intriguing book to introduce literature to general readers.