Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
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Author: Richard YatesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-04-25
ISBN: 0375708448
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Vintage
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Summary: 5 Stars
Revolutionary Road is truly one of the great American novels. This is a book that illuminates how we fool ourselves into thinking we're smarter, more talented, and full of more potential than those around us. Yates's eye for upper-middle-class, college-educated men and women with artistic leanings is dead-on. And in capturing these men and women so accurately, Yates can be very, very funny, but the humor in Yates's work is always rooted in a deeper, nearly bottomless sadness. Please don't let the often noted "darkness" of the book dissuade you from buying it. If you're a writer, read it for Yates's attention to craft. If you're a reader, read Revolutionary Road because it'll move you and, perhaps, enlarge the way you see the world. In either case -- writer or reader -- you won't be disappointed. Revolutionary Road is a classic that deserves far more attention.
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