Revolutionary Road - formato ePub

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.«Ninguna...

La novela en que se basó la aclamada película Revolutionary Road, con Kate Winslet y Leonardo DiCaprio.Los años 50 retratados por Richard Yates tienen demasiados parentescos con los tiempos que vivimos....

A su regreso de Europa, donde ha combatido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el joven y ambicioso Michael Davenport sueña con convertirse en un gran escritor. Recién casado con Lucy, una adorable mujer...

Bobby è un giovane soldato che cerca di barcamenarsi sui campi di battaglia della seconda guerra mondiale; non si è rivelato l’eroico guerriero che immaginava di essere, e la sua esperienza è fatta solo...

«Se nella letteratura americana moderna ci vuole qualcos’altro per fare un capolavoro, non saprei dire cosa»: questo il giudizio di Tennessee Williams su Revolutionary Road, uno dei classici dimenticati...

Richard Yates, autore di romanzi indimenticabili come il celebre Revolutionary Road, ha lasciato alla letteratura del Novecento anche un imponente corpus di racconti. Le sue raccolte, Undici solitudini...

One of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, Richard Yate's universally acclaimed debut novel is a masterful portrait of East Coast life in 1950s suburbia. This is the story of Frank...

In un’America alle soglie della seconda guerra mondiale, un romanzo crepuscolare sull’amore, la giovinezza, la crescita. Un collegio maschile del New England è il teatro delle avventure di William Grove...

Richard Yates è considerato dalla critica uno dei grandi classici del Novecento letterario. Nei suoi libri ha saputo rappresentare come pochi altri le ombre del Sogno Americano, ispirando generazioni...

Easter Parade, uscito originariamente nel 1976, è un romanzo esemplare della sensibilità di Yates: una saga familiare senza concessioni al romanticismo, un limpido ritratto di esistenze borghesi in bilico...

A Cold Spring Harbor, cittadina residenziale di Long Island, nel corso di un'estate si incrociano i destini di due famiglie: il matrimonio dei giovani Evan e Rachel - lui rissoso, svogliato, appassionato...

New York, 1960. John Wilder è un insoddisfatto venditore di spazi pubblicitari con un sogno nel cassetto: diventare un produttore cinematografico di successo. Sposato con Janice e padre del piccolo Tommy,...

La giovane moglie di un professore universitario, due bambini figli di madri divorziate, un'impulsiva prostituta londinese, un soldato in licenza a Parigi, una scultrice che sogna fama e gloria, un impiegato...

Michael Davenport è un poeta ambizioso, convinto che il proprio talento lo porterà alla fama, e insegue un'idea di arte lontana da ogni compromesso. Nonostante abbia scoperto, appena dopo le nozze, di...

Dopo la pubblicazione di Revolutionary Road, il primo romanzo di Richard Yates, il critico americano Alfred Kazin scrisse: «Questo romanzo riassume la nostra epoca con più spietatezza di ogni altro, ma...

Un magnifique roman choral sur l'adolescence, par l'auteur de La Fenêtre panoramique, à redécouvrir pour la première fois en poche" Des écrivains comme Yates, il n'y en a pas beaucoup. "Éric Neuhoff,...

Dilys Lloyd's life has long been a whirlwind of emotions and unanswered questions. But once your husband leaves you and then your daughter runs off to Australia with your best friend's husband, things...

Over 48,000 words of gripping, enthralling fiction from best-selling writer Connor Whiteley in one amazing collection. Featuring two novellas and 5 short stories from some of his most popular series,...

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AudenOpening my own design firm in Lilac Harbor was hard, but things are finally starting to break my way.Then, I meet my new neighbor and the bane of my existence.Wade Collins.He's a grumpy jerk.He's...

A Cheating Husband. A Dead Best Friend. A Job Gone Wrong. PhD student Anna Brown travels to prison to study three women sharing their chilling, gripping, tense experiences of arson. From its shocking...

A Black Deeper Than Death started as a controversial stand-alone dark fantasy mystery and soon became book one of an eleven-book series with nine short stories weaved through it that redefined the genre. This...

He's a prince. She's a bodyguard for the royal family. He's off-limits, but for one night they're breaking all the rules. As an arctic fox-shifter and royal bodyguard, Kira Seaton lives to protect her...

Chasing Avani to BarcelonaAvani, a sweet, loving, Caring of a woman, had built a successful business in Barcelona, escaping the familiar fog of London. But a piece of her heart still belonged there, with...

On a beautiful Spring morning, Mr. H saw more than sunshine and meadow larks on his walk to town...  He discovered Peter Kelton's body strapped to the water mill's wheel. And in the tiny town of Dunsworth,...

Between the suffocating heat, the alcoholic father he's still stuck living with, the draft, a mediocre paycheck as a service station attendant, and helping his friends Jamie and Wes take care of their...

Facing an eviction, a job offer and a murder means Cassie Clinton's life is about to change... When my friend Louise gushes about the new Serenity Suites retirement community she's setting up, I'm more...

Lying on a lounger outside a flyblown café near Naples, Mike reflects on the last few months. He'd set off for the wedding of the charismatic Al, whose closed community is in the Calder Valley. Three...

Every ending is a new beginning.Cooper Braaten is closing in on answers and vengeance. With a single minded determination to destroy the Council and finish what was started by his SEALs after the attack...

I was raw iron they put into the furnace, and made shapeless and malleable.  Then they poured me into a mould of their own making and by the time they chipped that mould away, I was something horrifying....

IT'S A WILD, WILD, WILD SIXTH WORLD…There are a million stories in the dark, gritty world of Shadowrun, and this all-new volume brings sixteen of the best together for an in-depth look at this dark future...

In a world where the institutions we rely on can suddenly fail, where society's fragile fabric can unravel, and where collapse—whether through conflict, natural disaster, or systemic breakdown—becomes...

Brady Francis is an engineering professor who practically grew up in Riverbend, Indiana. When he receives a job offer from Indiana Polytechnic that will help him turn his research in ocean cleanup technology...

Delilah -- I love my family. I really do. But having three older brothers and an overprotective father doesn't make it easy to have a life. They've run off every guy I've ever tried to date. It's time...

A newly turned vampire and a necromancer shouldn't work. But what if they do? Briley Reed never expected to be a vampire or thought she'd find herself heading to Eerie, but a brutal attack changes everything....

Noah Hollister could've had a cushiony job at Hollister Steel and a mansion overlooking Birmingham, but he lives like a hermit in the city's Southside. He doesn't own a television or a phone. Instead...

Three books with the romance author Ashira Datya. all three books from the Magik Saga: Resisting Evil, Evil Resists, and A Pack's Destruction all in a convenient collection.

For the first time in my life I'm surrounded by attractive, eligible males. If only I could choose one.KearneyDraconian Warriors are not only drop dead gorgeous, they're more accommodating than any other...

A Soldier at War: The World War II Letters of Borys Bohun, is a personal journey of one man's war experience. The author relied heavily on two primary source documents to provide much of the historical...

Out of Wild SherwoodBeware the Vengeance of Outlaws and Faeries. ~ . ~ . ~ .Dangerous Gold ~ Strong Temptation for Two Young ThievesTwo young outlaws decide to steal the Nottingham mayor's gold as revenge...

What's more dangerous?Hunting the human trafficker or saving the governor's daughter? I am the collector for the family, and the governor owes me.But when his daughter crashes the auction, I'm intrigued.I...

Law school student by day, escort by night – the perfect prey for billionaire mafia boss. Penelope has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but law school is more expensive than she had anticipated. She...

They have nothing in common but a difficult past… and a taste for unusual pleasures... Once a ThiefThe good girl: A successful district attorney with a reputation to uphold, Katherine can't afford to...

Two university students, Canadian Lucas Horne and the rich and beautiful Colombian Avalina Vargas, meet during a jungle trek to Colombia's Lost City where they become infatuated with each other. After...

USA Today Bestselling Romance Author Britney Bell writing as Kandi Lane brings you a professional football coach from the San Antonio Xtremes.Coach Logan Bennett is only looking for a few minutes of stress...

A dragon egg to obtain and a Quest to win.A portal to master and a love to retrieve.A lineage to discover and a high kingship to secure. Arlan has returned to Dál Gaedhle, taking Rhiannon's heart with...