A Good School - format ePub

Richard Yates, autore di romanzi indimenticabili come il celebre Revolutionary Road, ha lasciato alla letteratura del Novecento anche un imponente corpus di racconti. Le sue raccolte, Undici solitudini...

La giovane moglie di un professore universitario, due bambini figli di madri divorziate, un'impulsiva prostituta londinese, un soldato in licenza a Parigi, una scultrice che sogna fama e gloria, un impiegato...

«Se nella letteratura americana moderna ci vuole qualcos'altro per fare un capolavoro, non saprei dire cosa»: questo il giudizio di Tennessee Williams su Revolutionary Road, uno dei classici dimenticati...

Once tipos de soledad es un conjunto de cuentos desoladores, descarnados y perfectos. Aquí no hay luz al final del túnel; hay en cambio tristeza, aislamiento y desamparo narrados con una honestidad salvaje...

Bobby is eighteen and lost on the battlefields of Europe, stumbling his way through World War II. He has turned out to be the heroic soldier he imagined and his experience of battle principally involves...

First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality,...

Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America's post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar...

William Grove is a nervous teenager trying to fit in at his new boarding school. Jack Draper is a teacher whose wife is cheating on him with one of his colleagues. Edith Stone is the daughter of the English...

Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife, Lucy, has a private fortune that he won't touch in case it compromises his art....

Even as little girls, Sarah and Emily are very different from each other. Emily looks up to her wiser and more stable older sister and is jealous of her relationship with their absent father, and later...

Bobby è un giovane soldato che cerca di barcamenarsi sui campi di battaglia della seconda guerra mondiale; non si è rivelato l'eroico guerriero che immaginava di essere, e la sua esperienza è fatta solo...

In un'America alle soglie della seconda guerra mondiale, un romanzo crepuscolare sull'amore, la giovinezza, la crescita. Un collegio maschile del New England è il teatro delle avventure di William Grove...

Dopo la pubblicazione di Revolutionary Road, il primo romanzo di Richard Yates, il critico americano Alfred Kazin scrisse: «Questo romanzo riassume la nostra epoca con più spietatezza di ogni altro, ma...

Richard Yates, autore di romanzi indimenticabili come il celebre Revolutionary Road, ha lasciato alla letteratura del Novecento anche un imponente corpus di racconti. Le sue raccolte, Undici solitudini...

Michael Davenport è un poeta ambizioso, convinto che il proprio talento lo porterà alla fama, e insegue un'idea di arte lontana da ogni compromesso. Nonostante abbia scoperto, appena dopo le nozze, di...

Septembre 1941, Connecticut. À la Dorset Academy, un campus sélect tout de vieilles pierres et de pelouses géantes, on entend former les fils de la haute bourgeoisie – parents et enseignants répètent...

Un magnifique roman choral sur l'adolescence, par l'auteur de La Fenêtre panoramique, à redécouvrir pour la première fois en poche" Des écrivains comme Yates, il n'y en a pas beaucoup. " Éric Neuhoff,...

Un double itinéraire de femme, avec des résonances singulièrement contemporaines.Décrire " la vie comme elle va " : on pourrait résumer ainsi l'ambition et la morale de ce roman que Richard Yates, l'auteur...

" Onze histoires de solitude est un des dix meilleurs recueils de nouvelles écrites par un Américain. " Kurt Vonnegut Dans ce recueil de nouvelles écrites entre 1951 et 1961, Richard Yates, l'auteur de...

Le dernier roman inédit de l'auteur de La Fenêtre panoramique, paru aux États-Unis en 1984, et traduit pour la première fois en français : l'histoire douce-amère d'un couple dans l'Amérique des années...

" Le roman de Yates le plus puissant depuis La Fenêtre panoramique. " Kirkus ReviewJohn Wilder, trente-quatre ans, publicitaire à succès et père de famille accompli dans le New York des années 1960, a,...

New York, 1960. John Wilder è un insoddisfatto venditore di spazi pubblicitari con un sogno nel cassetto: diventare un produttore cinematografico di successo. Sposato con Janice e padre del piccolo Tommy,...

Michael Davenport è un poeta ambizioso, convinto che il proprio talento lo porterà alla fama, e insegue un'idea di arte lontana da ogni compromesso. Nonostante abbia scoperto, appena dopo le nozze, di...

«Se nella letteratura americana moderna ci vuole qualcos’altro per fare un capolavoro, non saprei dire cosa»: questo il giudizio di Tennessee Williams su Revolutionary Road, uno dei classici dimenticati...

In un’America alle soglie della seconda guerra mondiale, un romanzo crepuscolare sull’amore, la giovinezza, la crescita. Un collegio maschile del New England è il teatro delle avventure di William Grove...

Bobby è un giovane soldato che cerca di barcamenarsi sui campi di battaglia della seconda guerra mondiale; non si è rivelato l’eroico guerriero che immaginava di essere, e la sua esperienza è fatta solo...

Richard Yates è considerato dalla critica uno dei grandi classici del Novecento letterario. Nei suoi libri ha saputo rappresentare come pochi altri le ombre del Sogno Americano, ispirando generazioni...

A Cold Spring Harbor, cittadina residenziale di Long Island, nel corso di un'estate si incrociano i destini di due famiglie: il matrimonio dei giovani Evan e Rachel - lui rissoso, svogliato, appassionato...

Dopo la pubblicazione di Revolutionary Road, il primo romanzo di Richard Yates, il critico americano Alfred Kazin scrisse: «Questo romanzo riassume la nostra epoca con più spietatezza di ogni altro, ma...

Easter Parade, uscito originariamente nel 1976, è un romanzo esemplare della sensibilità di Yates: una saga familiare senza concessioni al romanticismo, un limpido ritratto di esistenze borghesi in bilico...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page!...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..." Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's...

The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble,...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

A burned-out pop star stranded in small-town Kentucky can't help falling for her unlikely knight in shining armour - the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop - in this charming slice of romance...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

An enchanting collection containing books four, five, and six of #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Regency-set Bridgerton novels—Romancing Mister Bridgerton; To Sir Phillip, with...

When the owner of the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky, makes a questionable agreement with a tattooed bad boy, a delightful friends-to-lovers romance begins to bloom - from the author of When in Rome...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

My plan was perfect. My friend needed a date, and my brother's best friend was single. Problem solved.Until I saw Jaeger for the first time in years, and sparks flew in the wrong direction.Jaeger has...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love.At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the...

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In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

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This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

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