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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... head, before he got his bearings. He had spent most of his life in New York, or near it, but no section or street of it had ever felt like his neighborhood: he had never lived in one house for more than a year. The address now shown on ...
... head, before he got his bearings. He had spent most of his life in New York, or near it, but no section or street of it had ever felt like his neighborhood: he had never lived in one house for more than a year. The address now shown on ...
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... head , before he got his bearings . He had spent most of his life in New York , or near it , but no section or street of it had ever felt like his neighborhood : he had never lived in one house for more than a year . The address now ...
... head , before he got his bearings . He had spent most of his life in New York , or near it , but no section or street of it had ever felt like his neighborhood : he had never lived in one house for more than a year . The address now ...
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... head scarcely came up to his breast - pocket flaps and she was as frail as a sparrow , but the force of her love was so great that he had to brace himself in a kind of boxer's stance to absorb it . " You look wonderful , " she said ...
... head scarcely came up to his breast - pocket flaps and she was as frail as a sparrow , but the force of her love was so great that he had to brace himself in a kind of boxer's stance to absorb it . " You look wonderful , " she said ...
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... head with revulsion . It was her fault . She had robbed him of a father and robbed his father of a son , and now it was too late . But he began to wonder , darkly , if it mightn't be his own fault too , even more than hers . He almost ...
... head with revulsion . It was her fault . She had robbed him of a father and robbed his father of a son , and now it was too late . But he began to wonder , darkly , if it mightn't be his own fault too , even more than hers . He almost ...
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... head with a world - weary smile , and then she said it : " You sound just like your father . " The argument went on for hours , in ever - rising spirals of unreasoning shrillness , until at last , after hearing one more time and at ...
... head with a world - weary smile , and then she said it : " You sound just like your father . " The argument went on for hours , in ever - rising spirals of unreasoning shrillness , until at last , after hearing one more time and at ...
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