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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... thing to do because it might well be the last pass he would get before going overseas . In the echoing swarm of Penn Station that night , feeling lost and cramped and lightheaded , he shouldered his way through acres of embracing ...
... thing to do because it might well be the last pass he would get before going overseas . In the echoing swarm of Penn Station that night , feeling lost and cramped and lightheaded , he shouldered his way through acres of embracing ...
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... thing boys do in the summertime - but he seems to enjoy it , and I think the experience will do him a world of good ... things are going to come our way . Don't you see ? " " Well , sure , but I'm not talking about ' soon . ' I'm talking ...
... thing boys do in the summertime - but he seems to enjoy it , and I think the experience will do him a world of good ... things are going to come our way . Don't you see ? " " Well , sure , but I'm not talking about ' soon . ' I'm talking ...
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... thing he had often seen her do before . The first time , long ago , had been when one of their landlords in Westchester had threatened to evict them , after she had called George Prentice to plead for whatever sum it was they needed to ...
... thing he had often seen her do before . The first time , long ago , had been when one of their landlords in Westchester had threatened to evict them , after she had called George Prentice to plead for whatever sum it was they needed to ...
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... thing was that his senior year turned out to be a kind of success . Through whatever subtle process it is that turns school outcasts into offbeat school leaders , he became one ; not until the triumphant year was nearly over did he come ...
... thing was that his senior year turned out to be a kind of success . Through whatever subtle process it is that turns school outcasts into offbeat school leaders , he became one ; not until the triumphant year was nearly over did he come ...
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... thing in the world he wanted to do , but he said yes . And by implication he'd said yes to church , too , which he would also much rather have avoided . He was ready to say yes to anything she wanted now , to atone for the harshness of ...
... thing in the world he wanted to do , but he said yes . And by implication he'd said yes to church , too , which he would also much rather have avoided . He was ready to say yes to anything she wanted now , to atone for the harshness of ...
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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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