Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road, soon to be a major motion picture—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master.
Richard Yates’s first novel, Revolutionary Road is the unforgettable portrait of a marriage built on dreams that tragically never come to fruition. In The Easter Parade, he tells the story of two sisters whose parents’ divorce overshadows their entire lives. And in the stories in Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, we witness men and women striving for better lives amid discouragement and disillusion.
Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road, soon to be a major motion picture—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master.
Richard Yates’s first novel, Revolutionary Road is the unforgettable portrait of a marriage built on dreams that tragically never come to fruition. In The Easter Parade, he tells the story of two sisters whose parents’ divorce overshadows their entire lives. And in the stories in Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, we witness men and women striving for better lives amid discouragement and disillusion.
Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
696Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
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ISBN-13: | 9780307270894 |
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Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 01/06/2009 |
Pages: | 696 |
Sales rank: | 185,576 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.60(d) |
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