Revolutionary Road (Modern American Fiction) (Modern Fiction)

by Richard Yates

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, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April's decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal and tragedy.

• ISBN10: 0099518627
• ISBN13: 9780099518624
• Publish Date: 13 December 2007 (first published 1 March 1971)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 11 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Imprint: Vintage Classics
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Revolutionary Road is a beautifully crafted debut novel by Richard Yates, which tells the story of Nick and April Wheeler trying to break out of their suburban rut. To me this novel is about the desire from something better, something exciting, something to break the boredom, but Yates once said that "If my work [Revolutionary Road] has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy."



Without giving anything away, this book is a small glimpse into the lives of a standard suburban family, looking for adventure, trying to save a marriage and the effects of their own lives. I started reading this book with no idea where this book would take me, but ended up really enjoying the journey. But I have to admit, if the ending was any different (if there was a Hollywood/happy ending) I would have ended up hating this book. Yates wrote this book with such skill that I was fully invested in this book, hoping that he would not destroy it in any way and worrying that it was heading for a fall but never actually falling.