The Collected Stories of Richard Yates - Couverture souple

Yates, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099518546 ISBN 13 : 9780099518549

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2008

Synopsis

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, Richard Yates examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'A major literary event...a remarkable achievement' Independent

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.

'Yates was the most perceptive American writer of the twentieth century' The Times

See also: Disturbing the Peace

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099518546
• ISBN 13: 9780099518549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496