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Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
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Description for Revolutionary Road
Paperback. Presents the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. This title shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying in the end not only each other, but their own best selves. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April's decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal and tragedy.
Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April's decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal and tragedy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518785
SKU
KRF0040746
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Yates
Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels A Good School, The Easter Parade, and Disturbing the Peace, and two collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness and Liars in Love. He died in 1992.
Reviews for Revolutionary Road
"One of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century"
Sunday Telegraph
"Here is more than fine writing; here is what, added to fine writing, makes a book come immediately, intensely and brilliantly alive...a masterpiece"
Tennesse Williams "The Great Gatsby of my time... One of the best books by a member of my generation"
Kurt Vonnegut "Easily the best novel I've read this year"
Nick Hornby "I hand out copies of Revolutionary Road to anyone who will take them...one of the most moving and exact portraits of suburbia in all of American literature"
David Hare
Observer
Sunday Telegraph
"Here is more than fine writing; here is what, added to fine writing, makes a book come immediately, intensely and brilliantly alive...a masterpiece"
Tennesse Williams "The Great Gatsby of my time... One of the best books by a member of my generation"
Kurt Vonnegut "Easily the best novel I've read this year"
Nick Hornby "I hand out copies of Revolutionary Road to anyone who will take them...one of the most moving and exact portraits of suburbia in all of American literature"
David Hare
Observer