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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... 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 his service record as his home was a walkup apartment in the West Fifties, on a dark block beyond Eighth ...
... 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 his service record as his home was a walkup apartment in the West Fifties, on a dark block beyond Eighth ...
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... street in Camp Pickett , Virginia . You could go to Lynchburg or Richmond or Washington , D.C. , and if you were willing to travel for nine hours - five on the bus and four on the train - you could get to New York . Private Robert J ...
... street in Camp Pickett , Virginia . You could go to Lynchburg or Richmond or Washington , D.C. , and if you were willing to travel for nine hours - five on the bus and four on the train - you could get to New York . Private Robert J ...
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... 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 his service record as his home was a walkup apartment in the West Fifties , on a dark block beyond Eighth ...
... 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 his service record as his home was a walkup apartment in the West Fifties , on a dark block beyond Eighth ...
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... street , where she clung to his arm for walking , she seemed very old and slow . At the first intersection she hunched and hurried in fright , gripping his arm tighter , until they were safely on the opposite curb . She had never ...
... street , where she clung to his arm for walking , she seemed very old and slow . At the first intersection she hunched and hurried in fright , gripping his arm tighter , until they were safely on the opposite curb . She had never ...
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... Street ? And you used to play with the Baker boys ? They're both in the Navy now , and Bill's in the Pacific ; just imagine . Remember the winter we were so horribly broke , and Harriet and I had those awful quarrels about money ...
... Street ? And you used to play with the Baker boys ? They're both in the Navy now , and Bill's in the Pacific ; just imagine . Remember the winter we were so horribly broke , and Harriet and I had those awful quarrels about money ...
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