Some novels fade not because they lose relevance, but because they tell the truth too clearly. 'Revolutionary Road' by Richard Yates is one such book. Published in 1961 to critical acclaim and strong ...
Frank and April Wheeler, the protagonists of Richard Yates' 1961 novel Revolutionary Road, are, in the most basic sense, ordinary people. He works in the city in what he calls "a hopelessly dull job;" ...
Bleak. That’s always been the rap against American novelist Richard Yates. Though he has been celebrated as a writer’s writer and a consummate craftsman since his death in 1992, even his admirers ...
The guy could write. The story of Revolutionary Road author Richard Yates, told in excruciating detail in Blake Bailey’s 2003 A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates, moves me, partly ...
On Father’s Day in 1965, Richard Yates, author of the book’ (also a movie) ‘Revolutionary Road’ and teacher at Boston University, opened mail from his daughters Monica and Sharon. The package included ...
The Daily Gazette: Critic at Large: Author Richard Yates about to get respect he deserved
Critic at Large: Author Richard Yates about to get respect he deserved
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