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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-01 05:35:37.
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Easily one of the most crushingly earnest collections of short stories in American literary history. Yates toys with guilt and failure in ways that are both universal and painfully personal.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-03-22 08:24:19.
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No beach reading for sure... stories sad yet evocative and powerfully written
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-05-17 09:08:31.
(Language: English)
Better than Revolutionary Road. The idea that he and Cheever cover the same ground is completely debunked here. Definitely worth a read.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-22 07:27:17.
(Language: English)
Astounding collection, if you like short stories you have to read it, it reaches unbeleivable heights of insight and beauty.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-02-20 12:51:40.
(Language: English)
yates's characters jump off the page...we are allowed to peer through a window into the center of their lives within moments. i love that every preoccupation, idosynchrosy and tick is exposed. and of course he makes it look like a snap.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-06 05:32:01.
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Yates was a breath of fresh air from the classic stuff I was reading before, but he's limited his characters and settings to about five variants. Though the stories were interesting and I enjoyed his occasional humor, I got a little tired of the same characters popping up with different names.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-12-20 07:34:49.
(Language: English)
Truely sad depictions of ordinary people making ordinary mistakes on purpose.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-02-27 02:05:37.
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Let's just put it this way...it truly, deeply saddens me that there are only SIX lousy reviews for this masterpiece. I had hoped that Revolutionary Road going mainstream Hollywood would have brought back the recognition that Richard Yates so richly deserves, and that's so sadly eroded over the years. Needless to say, I guess my faith in Leo and Kate leaves something to be desired. Anyhow, I'm not sure if I can quite express how imperative it is that anyone who hasn't read this book go immediately to the nearest bookstore and pick it up. GO NOW. I will say that Yates is not for the weak of stomach or heart -- he often hits where it hurts, and hard. But that's his genuis, really. Perhaps no writer I've read has ever captured so perfectly, or brutally, the resignation that so many people fall prey to in their lives. But it's always that sliver of hope that his characters cling to -- foolishly or not -- that makes his work so compelling. I think Richard Russo says this in his Foreward to the new edition of this collection, but I'll echo it here -- it's often been said, with little substantiation, that Yates is a "writer's writer" -- as if to suggest that only "writers" can appreciate his work. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone can read Yates, and appreciate him. In truth, I've often felt as I've read his stories (squirming uncomfortably, shaking my head, or laughing out loud, in equal measures) that that's precisely what Yates has always intended, and hoped for. Prove him right. I'm begging you.
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