I read these stories with my friend Teresa, who not only reads a lot of short stories, but also writes them as well. She never fails to make connections and to reveal insights about the stories that I would never have arrived at on my own. Richard Yates shone bright upon the publication of his first novel, Revolutionary Road, which was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. It drew unbridled praise and branded Yates an important, new writer. Kurt Vonnegut claimed that Revolutionary Road was The Great Gatsby of his time. William Styron described it as "A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." Tennessee Williams went one further and said, "Here is more than fine writing; here is what, added to fine writing, makes a book come immediately, intensely, and brilliantly alive. If more is needed to make a masterpiece in modern American fiction, I am sure I don't know what it is." Queste undici storie sono l’esordio letterario di Richard Yates perché, anche se pubblicate dopo “Revolutionary Road” (anzi, proprio sull’onda di quel primo e travolgente successo), furono scritte in precedenza. Hakkındaki övgüleri sonuna kadar hak eden bir yazar ve öyküleri. Yates gösterişsiz ama etkileyici karakterler yaratmış. Qui abbiamo un campionario di undici esistenze paradigmatiche nella loro solitudine. Un campionario di disadattati, delle loro nevrosi, manie, fallimenti.

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New York (duh), the Army (duh), the newspaper business (duh), Paris (duh), TB (X2), restless domesticity (duh), and lots of alcohol (duh), with a surprising amount of the stories set on or around Christmas. Bennett, Dan (22 March 1992). "Music: Ramones show there's nothing like the real thing with 'Loco Live' ". North County Times. A callous and pedantic spinster of a teacher, a fake and stupid patriot, rich and hypocritical idlers, a sad Christmas in the tuberculosis wards, a failed ghostwriter and a courageous fighter for justice who turned out to be just a fool fighting shadows… Builders A financially troubled aspiring young writer gets hired as a ghostwriter by a New York taxi driver. Interesting. A solid story and comment on life but not the best story to end on. Richard Yates is best known for his debut 1961 novel Revolutionary Road, but his influence on decades of short story writers (especially those working in realism, like Tobias Wolff and Raymond Carver) is obvious.But if excellence is easy to admire it is hard to like, and Reece refused to make himself likable. It was his only failing, but it was a big one, for respect without affection can’t last long—not, at least, where the sentimentality of adolescent minds is involved.” In The Best of Everything on the eve of the wedding day a groom is interested more in his new suitcase than in his bride…

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On this album, Tikaram ceased collaborating with Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke and produced the album entirely by herself. The album did not chart in the UK. [1]The themes in these stories, published in magazines before RR but collected in book form and released the year after (1962), are timeless: ordinary people dissatisfied with relationships, family or work, coping with illness, a tyrannical sergeant or teacher, romanticizing the past, fearing the future, trying to build something (to take an image from the final story), be it a novel or a meaningful life. Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master Doutor Chacal” – um conto que nos dá a conhecer Vincent Sabella, um jovem rapaz, no seu primeiro dia numa nova escola; ele que sempre viveu num orfanato, com pais adoptivos, um “tio” e uma “tia” que eram a sua família de acolhimento.