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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... looked somehow more authoritative than his own , girls whose ardor was a terrible reproach to his own callowness . Once he found himself walking straight toward a girl who stood facing him in the crowd , a slender , delicate girl with ...
... looked somehow more authoritative than his own , girls whose ardor was a terrible reproach to his own callowness . Once he found himself walking straight toward a girl who stood facing him in the crowd , a slender , delicate girl with ...
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... looked him right in the eye - this dreadful , smelly little man , you know , in his awful old undershirt , with all these awful factory noises going on and I said , ' I've got plenty to sing about . ' I said , ' My son is coming home ...
... looked him right in the eye - this dreadful , smelly little man , you know , in his awful old undershirt , with all these awful factory noises going on and I said , ' I've got plenty to sing about . ' I said , ' My son is coming home ...
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... looked the man in the eye . He dredged his memory for the slightest trace of real affection for this man ( birthday presents ? trips to the circus ? ) , and for the faintest glimmer of a time when the man might have known anything but ...
... looked the man in the eye . He dredged his memory for the slightest trace of real affection for this man ( birthday presents ? trips to the circus ? ) , and for the faintest glimmer of a time when the man might have known anything but ...
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... looked at him incredulously , slowly shaking her 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 ...
... looked at him incredulously , slowly shaking her 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 ...
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... bedroom and closed the door , which had to be closed several times before it clicked shut in its warped frame . Strolling alone with his hands in his pockets , he went over to the black window and looked out . Far down the 18 RICHARD YATES.
... bedroom and closed the door , which had to be closed several times before it clicked shut in its warped frame . Strolling alone with his hands in his pockets , he went over to the black window and looked out . Far down the 18 RICHARD YATES.
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Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World Walter Russell Mead Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
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