in The Hopeful 1950s, Frank And April Wheeler Appear To Be A Model Couple: Bright, Beautiful, Talented, With Two Young Children And A Starter Home In The Suburbs. Perhaps They 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 Crumble.
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.
publishers Weekly
yates's Debut 1961 Novel Revealed A Growing And Present Malaise About Middle-class Existence As Seen Through The Eyes Of Protagonists Frank And April. Believing Themselves A Cut Above The Rest Of Their Neighbors And Friends, The Two Set Their Sights Upon A Scheme To Move To France And Live A Nontraditional Life. However, Much Like The Illusion Of The White Picket Fence Home, Their Dreams Are Not Enough To Stave Off The Reality Of Their Unhappy Life. Mark Bramhall Sways Back And Forth Between Successful And Annoying Narration. Some Character Voices Are Caricatures, Grating On The Listeners' Ears Without Much Justification From The Text. For Others, The Chosen Voice Helps To Emphasize The Sense (or Source) Of Alienation That Frank And April Feel About The People In Their Lives. However, Bramhall's Tone Does Wonders For Eliciting The Ironic Throughout Yates's Prose. a Vintage Paperback. (dec.)
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- Literary
Publisher : Vintage
Author : Yates, Richard
Language : English
Edition : Reissue
Published :2008-12-30
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0307454789
ISBN-13 : 9780307454782
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 1.4 in x 4.2 in x 6.9 in
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