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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - Frank and April Wheeler are a bright, beautiful, talented couple in the 1950s whose perfect suburban life is about to crumble in this "moving and absorbing story" (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.
"The Great Gatsby of my time...one of the best books by a member of my generation." --Kurt Vonnegut, acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five
About This Edition
Perhaps Frank and April Wheeler 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 about to unravel. 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.
This edition features an introduction by novelist Richard Ford, who pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.
Why Read Revolutionary Road
Published in 1961 and nominated for the National Book Award, this novel examines the gap between the promise of suburban American life and its reality. Set in Connecticut during the 1950s, the story follows Frank and April Wheeler as they confront the compromises and disappointments of marriage, parenthood, and career. Yates' unflinching portrayal of domestic tension and existential crisis established him as a master of psychological realism.
The novel has influenced generations of writers and remains relevant for its examination of identity, ambition, and the cost of conformity. Readers who appreciate character-driven narratives and social commentary will find Revolutionary Road an essential work of twentieth-century American literature.
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.
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