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| Original Title: | Revolutionary Road |
| ISBN: | 0413757102 (ISBN13: 9780413757104) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Frank Wheeler, April Wheeler, Shep Campbell, Milly Campbell |
| Setting: | Connecticut,1955(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1962) |
Richard Yates
Paperback | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.91 | 74449 Users | 6557 Reviews
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| Title | : | Revolutionary Road |
| Author | : | Richard Yates |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2001 by Methuen (first published December 31st 1961) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model American couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. But now that certainty is now about to crumble. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves.Rating Of Books Revolutionary Road
Ratings: 3.91 From 74449 Users | 6557 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Revolutionary Road
Really Tough LoveYates has a reputation as a chronicler of the smug years of post-WWII America. Perhaps. But as an artist, he is much more than a period sociologist. Yatess understanding of the folie a deux which we call marriage is profound. The reasons two people find each other attractive are buried in experiences of which neither is conscious much less rationally able to think about. To call such attraction love is euphemistic. It may be, at best, an attempt to redeem or complete oneselfRevolutionary Road is a masterpiece of realistic fiction and one of the most biting, scathing critiques I've ever read of 50s era American optimism and conformity.Bored with their dull, safe, suburban existence, Frank and April Wheeler who've always felt they were destined for something great attempt to carpe their diem, and make plans to move to Europe, where Frank can "find" himself. Still as sharp and relevant as it must have been when it was published over 50 years ago (!), Yates's book is
I love e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g about this book. Start with the coverthe big red family car, the white suburban houses in the background, the silhouette of a tree and a tumble of fallen, autumnal leaves scattering the ground. Doesnt it put you in the mood of the hopeful fifties in New England, in America? That is the setting of the book. We look at a couple of suburban families, three to be more exact. What happens over the course of almost a year? That is it; thats the story. Two are young families
I let out a whoop of laughter on about page 180, when I finally figured Frank Wheeler out. You see, Frank spent most of his youth a scattered, bashful schmuck. Then after WWII, as a Columbia student and Village-dweller, he started getting laid all the time, thanks to a theatrically brooding pseudo-intellectual schtick. Nevermind that Frank is essentially a glib blowhard, talented in no artistic way (he's one of those tiresome people who whine about Conformity as if America invented it, threaten
Revolutionary Road is a masterpiece of realistic fiction and one of the most biting, scathing critiques I've ever read of 50s era American optimism and conformity.Bored with their dull, safe, suburban existence, Frank and April Wheeler who've always felt they were destined for something great attempt to carpe their diem, and make plans to move to Europe, where Frank can "find" himself. Still as sharp and relevant as it must have been when it was published over 50 years ago (!), Yates's book is
well, i read the book ages ago and it left such an impression that when i signed up for bookface i stamped the sucker with a fiver. the gothsissy promises if i re-read it i'll knock off a few stars. whatever. i saw the movie last night and a word popped into my head: smimsicholy: a specific combination of smug-whimsy-melancholy seen in the work of certain 'important' artists and/or entertainers. yeah. if sam mendes is the cinematic anti-christ than this movie's his mastercheese. it's a laughable
Thats how we both got committed to this enormous delusionbecause thats what it is, an enormous, obscene delusionthis idea that people have to resign from real life and settle down when they have families. It's the great sentimental lie of the suburbs...This incisive, crushing portrait of a crumbling marriage stirred up a lot of emotions in me - heartbreak for the characters' plights, awe at the brilliance of the writing. But most of all it made me feel happy (and relieved!) to be single.On the
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