Revolutionary Road (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 20 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • Frank and April Wheeler are a bright, beautiful, talented couple in the 1950s whose perfect suburban life is about to crumble in this "moving and absorbing story” (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.
"The Great Gatsby of my time...one of the best books by a member of my generation." —Kurt Vonnegut, acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five
Perhaps Frank and April Wheeler married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. But now that certainty is about to unravel. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves.
In his introduction to this edition, novelist Richard Ford pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.
Customer Reviews
Not as good as the movie.
After seeing the film and the purchasing it to own, I decided why not read the book since everyone always says the books are better than the movie. This was not the case this time. I don’t know if it was the narrator or what but this book was so boring and so slow. It made me hate all the characters which wasn’t the case in the movie!! It’s a great novel but not for audio, I guess. I feel like it was a waste of money and maybe I should have just read the novel in real book form myself. Big let down.