Description - Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates
Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America s post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.
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Book Details
ISBN: 9781841593173
ISBN-10: 1841593176
Format: Hardback
(210mm x 133mm x 33mm)
Pages: 696
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Publisher: Everyman
Publish Date: 27-Feb-2009
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
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Author Biography - 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.