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. |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 33 találatból.
11. oldal
... weeks on canned soup and sardines . " Look , " he said , only dimly aware of sounding like a ghost of George Prentice . " This isn't very sensible . Hell , I'll get some kind of a job . " And he went to work in an automobile - parts ...
... weeks on canned soup and sardines . " Look , " he said , only dimly aware of sounding like a ghost of George Prentice . " This isn't very sensible . Hell , I'll get some kind of a job . " And he went to work in an automobile - parts ...
12. oldal
... week's grocery money , and when he failed to be enthusiastic about it she explained , as if she were talking to a retarded child , that no one could possibly expect to get ahead in the fashion world wearing last year's clothes . " Oh ...
... week's grocery money , and when he failed to be enthusiastic about it she explained , as if she were talking to a retarded child , that no one could possibly expect to get ahead in the fashion world wearing last year's clothes . " Oh ...
14. oldal
... week before school started , she took a job - the " wretched little job in a department store " she had so often threatened George Prentice with , but something more wretched even than that : she went to work in a factory that made ...
... week before school started , she took a job - the " wretched little job in a department store " she had so often threatened George Prentice with , but something more wretched even than that : she went to work in a factory that made ...
24. oldal
... week's bivouac that was the climax of their training . Any day now they would be shipped out for overseas processing ... weeks of mild and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed 24 RICHARD YATES.
... week's bivouac that was the climax of their training . Any day now they would be shipped out for overseas processing ... weeks of mild and pampered training as an Air Force recruit , followed 24 RICHARD YATES.
26. oldal
... weekly I. and E. lecture , he found a way in which his luck might possibly begin to change . The lecture was as tedious as ever : first a documentary film , thunderously identified on the screen as one of the Why We Fight series , which ...
... weekly I. and E. lecture , he found a way in which his luck might possibly begin to change . The lecture was as tedious as ever : first a documentary film , thunderously identified on the screen as one of the Why We Fight series , which ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World Walter Russell Mead Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World Walter Russell Mead Korlátozott előnézet - 2013 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
afternoon Agate ahead anyway Appenweier arms asked began Bernstein better bigger than Dallas Bobby Bobby's Boxwood Caliche called Camp Pickett Camp Shanks chair cigarette croquettes crouched damn dear Donkey door drink eyes face feel feet felt Finn George Prentice girls Goose Girl guess hands head heard hell helmet Horbourg Jim Larkin K rations kind kitchen knew Krupka Larkin lieutenant listen Logan looked Loomis Maude mean morning moved Mueller Natalie never nice night Okay overseas cap Prentice's purdah Quint Rand rest Richard Yates rifle Riverside road Sam Rand Scarsdale sculpture Second Platoon seemed Sergeant shit sleep smile soon sound squad stay Sterling Nelson stood stopped street talk tell thing told took town trying turned Vander Meer voice waiting walk Walker wall Walter Junior watch wonderful yards