Yates, Richard (Vol. 8) | Yates, Richard 1926–
Yates, Richard 1926–
Yates is an American novelist and short story writer. His novels deal with loneliness and the inability of people to deal with the demands of everyday life in contemporary America. He is probably best known for his novel Revolutionary Road. (See also CLC, Vol. 7, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
The journey from innocence to experience, from illusion to reality, has long been a traditional undertaking of the novel. "Easter Parade," the fifth novel of Richard Yates, plays with this tradition as he describes a journey from innocence to renewed innocence, from illusion to fresh illusion.
"Easter Parade" explores the lives of a woman and her two daughters; it is a sad tale of marriage and divorce, and a still sadder one of sexual liberation….
"Easter Parade" is a spare, yet wrenching tale. Yates enters completely and effortlessly into the lives of his characters. There are no...
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