«La excitación que uno experimenta al leer a Yates es la euforia que uno siente al encontrar, reconocer y abrazar la verdad. ¿No es una verdad agradable? Lo siento mucho. El reconocernos en la ceguera, las necesidades, las soledades...
La Nueva York de los años treinta a los setenta, a la que llegan los ecos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y del psicoanálisis, es el escenario de esta novela valiente y demoledora, profundamente humana.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
A collection of stories of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women in the 1950s, the era when the American dream was finally coming true -...
A reissue of the classic novel from the author of 'Revolutionary Road', which has been made into a film starring Kate Winslett. One of the most highly respected American writers of the 20th century, his fans include Julian Barnes, Sebastian Faulks...
Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is a minor poet trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife Lucy has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain...
In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.
Hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity,...
The Mountains of the Tour de France. This beautifully illustrated book looks at the scenic beauty of the mountain stages and at the men who have competed on them throughout the 100-year history of the Tour.
When the Shepards' car breaks down in pre-War New York City, a chain of events is set in motion that will transform the lives of the beautiful but stupid Evan Shepard, his doomed lover Rachel, and both their families.