Topic: Richard Yates
A look at the fiction that appeared in hardcover in 2003 revealed a highly unusual situation. Alongside this stood science-fiction and fantasy master Ray Bradbury's Bradbury Stories: A third collection was The Stories of Richard Bausch, an impressive 600-page retrospective by ...
In fact, much of what goes on in Yates' novels (and likewise what can be said about Yates himself as a writer) is revealed by what he does not tell us. Yet there are no "filler" moments in Yates' novels. The Easter ...
To say that Richard Yates lived a troubled life would be an understatement. Yates was somewhat an underappreciated writer in his day, he lost the National Book Award, (but at least was nominated one might claim), he never in his lifetime got ...
This is the fifth novel from Richard Yates I've read, and although I still have two more to go, I am wondering if Yates is merely a Two Hit Novel Novelist, with his greatest home runs being Revolutionary Road and The ...
Cold Spring Harbor is his last novel, published in 1986, and it carries with it all the benefits of being a Yates novel: Since the above three all deal primarily with social issues as they pertain to the larger aspects of society ...
In 1961, short fiction writer Richard Yates published his first novel, Revolutionary Road, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, losing to Walker Percy?s The Moviegoer. Revolutionary Road is set in 1955 and focuses on Frank and ...
New York magazine's cover story on the (negative) impact of children on happiness begs a larger question-and one rather appropriate near Independence Day ("life, liberty," etc. The connection between happiness and GDP is well known and in fact perhaps even a ...
Richard Yates' wonderful novel Revolutionary Road contains a fascinating description of office life in the 1950s. Frank, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a recent movie version, distracts himself from his work with coffee, long lunches, and cocktails. Of course, there are none ...
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There is a scene near the beginning of Sam Mendes's film of Richard Yates's brilliant novel about suburban boredom and marital discord when April, the wife of Frank, appears in a dire community theatre production of The Petrified Forest. April ...
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Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates Story
From the perspective of his counterparts, family, and friends... learn ...2009-05-19 -
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Richard Yates - Orange County Real Estate
Hi, This is Richard Yates with Coldwell Banker Real Estate ...2011-04-05
