A Special ProvidenceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. ápr. 27. - 336 oldal From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Revolutionary Road, comes the story of a mother who struggles with her own demons while her son goes to fight in Europe, hoping to become his own man. "Like Breakfast At Tiffany's spliced with All Quiet On The Western Front. Impossible to paraphrase, wonderful to read." —Zadie Smith, bestselling author of White Teeth Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, is attempting to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor. As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, Richard Yates portrays a soldier in the depths of war striving to live up to his heroic ideals. With haunting clarity, Yates crafts an unforgettable portrait of two people who cannot help but hope for more even as life challenges them both. |
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Richard Yates. and pampered training as an Air Force recruit, followed by a shapeless month of work details in something called a Casual Company; the others were all old-timers. Some were from recently dissolved Anti-Aircraft units, in ...
Richard Yates. and pampered training as an Air Force recruit, followed by a shapeless month of work details in something called a Casual Company; the others were all old-timers. Some were from recently dissolved Anti-Aircraft units, in ...
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... Infantry Re - Tread Center - but there was a considerable difference between his case and theirs . He was a veteran of nothing more than six weeks of mild and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed 24 RICHARD YATES.
... Infantry Re - Tread Center - but there was a considerable difference between his case and theirs . He was a veteran of nothing more than six weeks of mild and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed 24 RICHARD YATES.
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Richard Yates. and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed by a shapeless month of work details in something called a Casual Company ; the others were all old - timers . Some were from recently dissolved Anti - Aircraft ...
Richard Yates. and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed by a shapeless month of work details in something called a Casual Company ; the others were all old - timers . Some were from recently dissolved Anti - Aircraft ...
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... , as he often and loudly told everyone , had been stepped on by Prentice every God damned time Prentice followed him in the marching order . And because Prentice had long since learned that no kind of apology 29 A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
... , as he often and loudly told everyone , had been stepped on by Prentice every God damned time Prentice followed him in the marching order . And because Prentice had long since learned that no kind of apology 29 A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE.
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... followed a silence of ten or twelve paces , while Prentice wondered how soon it would be all right to resume the talk of the ideal dinner . It was Quint , gratifyingly , who broke the silence , " Come to think of it , " he said , " I ...
... followed a silence of ten or twelve paces , while Prentice wondered how soon it would be all right to resume the talk of the ideal dinner . It was Quint , gratifyingly , who broke the silence , " Come to think of it , " he said , " I ...
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