A Special ProvidenceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. 4. 27. - 336페이지 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. |
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... walk because of their need to clasp and hold each other. He was weak with envy as he tumed toward the subway, and he tried to make up for it by squaring his wrinkled overseas cap down into one eyebrow and hoping that the tension in his ...
... walk because of their need to clasp and hold each other. He was weak with envy as he tumed toward the subway, and he tried to make up for it by squaring his wrinkled overseas cap down into one eyebrow and hoping that the tension in his ...
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... walking straight toward a girl who stood facing him in the crowd , a slender , delicate girl with long brown hair , and as he came closer her uplifted face took on the most beautiful look of welcome he had ever seen . She didn't move ...
... walking straight toward a girl who stood facing him in the crowd , a slender , delicate girl with long brown hair , and as he came closer her uplifted face took on the most beautiful look of welcome he had ever seen . She didn't move ...
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... walk because of their need to clasp and hold each other . He was weak with envy as he turned toward the subway , and he tried to make up for it by squaring his wrinkled overseas cap down into one eyebrow and hoping that the tension in ...
... walk because of their need to clasp and hold each other . He was weak with envy as he turned toward the subway , and he tried to make up for it by squaring his wrinkled overseas cap down into one eyebrow and hoping that the tension in ...
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... walking , she seemed very old and slow . At the first intersection she hunched and hurried in fright , gripping his arm tighter , until they were safely on the opposite curb . She had never understood automobiles and always tended to ...
... walking , she seemed very old and slow . At the first intersection she hunched and hurried in fright , gripping his arm tighter , until they were safely on the opposite curb . She had never understood automobiles and always tended to ...
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... walk away again before there could be any hint of his imposing . Several nights later he saw Quint reading in the library but thought better of going over to start another conversation , though he was careful to display the title of the ...
... walk away again before there could be any hint of his imposing . Several nights later he saw Quint reading in the library but thought better of going over to start another conversation , though he was careful to display the title of the ...
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