Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - ISBN: 9780099518624
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Suburban dreams shatter as a couple yearns for extraordinary lives.
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Revolutionary Road

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    352 pages

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    1 April 2008

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Summary

Revolutionary Road is an American classic and has been made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, released in 2009.

Hailed as a masterpiece from 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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099518624
ISBN-10:0099518627
Author:Richard Yates
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 April 2008
Weight:228g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Series:Vintage Classics
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Critics Review

Here is more than fine writing; here is what, added to fine writing, makes a book come immediately, intensely and brilliantly alive… a masterpiece

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 literary discovery of the year… It’s as brilliantly nuanced as Updike’s Rabbit sequence, and as sad as anything by Fitzgerald – Nick Hornby * Guardian Books of the Year *
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 *
The Great Gatsby of my time… One of the best books by a member of my generation – Kurt Vonnegut
The best novel ever written about the death of the American dream – Kate Atkinson * Daily Telegraph *

About The Author

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.

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