About this title: A suburban family--Frank, April, and the two kids--breaks down when April decides they should change their lives by moving to Paris and Frank gets involved in a messy affair at the office. Richard Yates's brilliant 1961 novel, in which there are no winners, is a satirical dissection of suburbia in the 1950s and a probing examination of the sadness, emptiness, and self-deception at the heart of some American lives and relationships. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD was a finalist for the National Book Award. This edition contains an introduction by Richard Ford.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everymans Library
Date Published: 2009-01-06
ISBN-13:9780307270894ISBN:0307270890
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781841593173ISBN:1841593176
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 696 pages. Written by the author who whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour. (Hardback) read more
Edition: First edition thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307270894ISBN:0307270890
Description: NEW. 661 pp. Octavo. Red cloth boards with pictoral dust jacket. These three classic works-including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road-exemplify the astounding gifts of a great American master. Revolutionary Road, a finalist for the National Book Award, is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, an attractive, intelligent young couple who live on the assumption of their own superiority, with tragic results. In The Easter Parade, Richard Yates depicts two sisters, Sarah and Emily Grimes, whose ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307270894ISBN:0307270890
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307270894ISBN:0307270890
Description: Very Good++ Everyman's Library 2009 SOFTCOVER. Prerelease version. Minimal rubbing to gold wraps. Review"The Great Gatsby of my time...one of the best books by a member of my generation. "--Kurt Vonnegut "Beautifully crafted...a remarkable and deeply troubling book. "--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times" Review"To me and to many other writers of my generation, the work of Richard Yates came as a liberating force...He was one of the most important and influential writers of the second half ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307270894ISBN:0307270890
Description: New. This volume collects three classic works--including "Revolutionary Road, " soon to be a major motion picture--that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781841593173ISBN:1841593176
Description: New. Written by the author who whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappoint... read more
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Description: New in New jacket. Superb three novel edition from Everyman, with a special introduction by Richard Price. This is a FIRST PRINTING of this fine edition, unread and unopened. read more
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"i'll admit i saw the movie and then picked up the book. i was so intrigued by the story that i thought i would love the reading. but, what is up with the misogyny? does he have to mention april's hips and cankles at every turn? seriously. no mention of how frank is aging poorly. i'm becoming a yater (yates hater) unless someone can help me out---am i missing something about yates?
update: couldn't finish it. never thought i'd say this but screenplay was way more beautiful and moving."
"I really thought I would hate this book because I was ambivalent about the subject but I ended getting totally caught up in the writing and ended up loving it. I think Richard Yates really captures human emotion and writes about it beautifully."
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