Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road Richard Yates debut from 1961 as recently become a blockbuster film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. (You know - Titanic?)

"Set in 1955, the novel focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, self-assured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates. ... Seeking to break out of their suburban rut, April convinces Frank they should move to Paris, where she will work and support him while he realizes his vague ambition to be something other than an office worker. Unfortunately..."

Quote from Wikipedia.

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