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this movie last night made me want to read the book immediately after, and it's not a terrible movie, it's just a little, . . hammy, and the tone is uneven whether these people are meant to be seen as victims of the stultifying, euthanizing effects of suburbia, or if they are at root unlikable people who deserve to be taken down a peg for their arrogance and their conviction that their involvement in this thing we call "suburbia" is just playacting, not to be taken seriously.
the book doesn't waver, not to me, i always read it as a story of awful people poisoning each other and blaming their wasted lives on each other instead of taking responsibility for their own shortcomings, which, being a generally unsympathetic person, i can applaud.
and his writing absolutely wonderful,
the real character in this novel of course, is suburbia, soulsucking, dreamgutting suburbia that neutralizes all its inhabitants and blandifies the pointy, interesting bits, this isn't the lynchian or music for torching view of the suburbs/smalltown charm, where the beneficence of suburbia is compromised by its seedy undertones.
suburbia, here, is the aggressor, slowly draining its characters of any charms and releasing them back into their afterdinner drinks and their morning commute to the office.
and woe if you think you are somehow special or "above it all", particularly if, like the wheelers, your aspirations outweigh your capabilities and your "specialness" is only ego.
i grew up in a version of suburbia, and while it wasn't in the same time period, and it wasn't as bad as all this, the writing struck a chord in me and it's good that i am away.
suburbia is a bitch, but at least they'll always have paris, . .
oh, wait.
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Revolutionary road, Richard Yates.
New York: Bantam Books,.Pages.
Revolutionary Road released December,is author Richard Yates's debut novel, Set in, the novel focuses on the hopes and aspirations of Frank and April Wheeler, selfassured Connecticut suburbanites who see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates.
Seeking to break out of their suburban rut and consequently blaming herself for all of Frank's "problems", 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.
The promise of France brings the two together in love and excitement again, and Frank seemingly ends his relationship with Maureen.
While April sees the emigration as an opportunity to escape their dull environment, Frank's plans are more driven by vanity of his own intelligence, which April panders to.
When the dull and prim neighbor Mrs, Givings begins bringing her "insane" son John around to the Wheelers' house for regular lunches, John's honest and erratic condemnation of his mother's suburban lifestyle strikes a chord with the Wheelers, particularly Frank.
Their plans to leave the United States begin to crumble when April conceives their third child, and Frank begins to identify with his mundane job when the prospect of a promotion arises.
After arguing over the possibility of aborting the child, Frank tries to manipulate April into seeking psychiatric help for her troubled childhood.
April, overwhelmed by the outcome of the situation, suffers something of an identity crisis and sleeps with her neighbor Shep Campbell, while Frank resurrects his relationship with Maureen.
April attempts to selfabort her child, and in doing so is rushed to the hospital and dies from blood loss.
Frank, scarred by the ordeal and feeling deep guilt over the outcome, is left a hollow shell of a man.
He and his children spent time living with their uncle, hence mirroring the youth of their mother,
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز سی و یکم ماه می سالمیلادی
عنوان: جاده رولوشنری فیلمنامه فرزاد حسنی تهران افراز سالدرص شابکموضوع فیلمنامه های نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا سدهم
عنوان فیلم: جاده انقلابی کارگردان: سام مندس تهیه کننده: بابی کوهن سام مندس اسکات رودین نویسنده: جاستین هیث بر پایه همین رمان از: ریچارد ییتس بازیگران: لئوناردو دیکاپریو کیت وینسلت کیتی بیتس مایکل شنون موسیقی: توماس نیومن فیلمبرداری: راجر دیکینس تدوین: طارق انور توزیعکننده: پارامونت ونتیج تاریخهای انتشار: روز بیست و ششم ماه دسامبر سالمیلادی مدت زمان فیلم: دردقیقه محصول: کشورهای آمریکا و بریتانیا زان: انگلیسی
کتاب و فیلم هر دو روایتگر زندگی یک زوج خوشبخت فرانک و آپریل ویلر است که در دهه پنجاه سده ی بیستم میلادی در ایالت کانکتیکات جاده رولوشنری زندگی میکنند این زوج به تدریج احساس میکنند که در زندگی زناشویی گرفتار شده اند و شادمانی مورد نظرشان را نیافته اند و, . .
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی هجری خورشیدی هجری خورشیدی ا. شربیانی I read this in anticipation of seeing the film, It is a grim tale, The primary characters are April and Frank, They both hold a rather lofty opinion of themselves, but fail to actually do anything with their gifts, real or imagined.
They find themselves stuck in a classic suburban nightmare of disenchantment with their circumstances and resentment of each other.
The affection they do feel for each other comes and goes, mostly goes, as they wallow in their narcissism.
She imagines a wondrous life for them in Paris, He comes to realize that maybe he is, really, ordinary, and not the extraordinary person he has convinced himself and many around him that he is.
Richard Yates image from The New Criterion
There are themes here about character being revealed in how we cope with stress, with self awareness.
Ultimately April opts out, unable to cope, Frank attempts to adjust to his opportunities in the world when
it becomes clear to him that his loftier, esoteric leanings were a form of selfdelusion.
All the characters here are pained, Perhaps the most overtly pained person is the institutionalized, violent son of a real estate agent, His role here is as truth teller,
This book was written in the earlys about thes, It has surprising relevance today, particularly if one sees it as a character study, The mores of those times have hopefully passed, Abortion, while still frowned upon, is not illegal or as deadly as it was then, The characters here are also skewed a bit, with more detail being given to Frank, for example, than to April.
We see inside his head quite a bit more and understand him better, It does not make us like him any better,
I found many of Aprils outbursts inexplicable, blaming herself, outwardly at least, for this and that.
I could not see how she would reach such conclusion, Yes, I know people do this, have even swum those waters myself, But, while I may be missing something here, I found it a bit tough to swallow,
Revolutionary Road is definitely an interesting piece of work, with a keen eye for selfdelusion, and a largerpicture scan of an era.
Good stuff if you do not mind being a bit bummed out, It may encourage you to give a thought to how you might be kidding yourself.
And that makes it a worthwhile read, I repeat, this isn't Richard Yates's finest book, although is the only book by him many bother to read because it is the most well known and it was a National Book Award finalist.
Yes, the sentences are pretty, and some of the figurative language too, and the dialogue is swell except when it isn't, when it's overdone, when Milly calls Shep Campbell 'Daddy' or Frank Wheeler lectures his wife on penis envy.
At times the author as narrator is so overbearing, a man in love with the sound of his own words, that it is almost intrusive/distracting.
Suburbia is soul crushing, misogyny is king, and children are such a buzz kill, yada, yada, yada.
Funny how in the sixty years since this Revolutionary Road's publication its themes have become a cliché, thanks to books like sitelinkLittle Children and shows like Mad Men, which owe plenty to this novel.
What this book does contain is the best strategy for achieving as little as possible in a paper pushing job, and it always makes me chuckle.
The ending was stunning and did make up for some of the rest of it, but Frank Wheeler remains annoying and disgustingis this a credit to Richard Yates's skill as a writer Hopefully he meant for him to be.
. . let a woman choose what to do with her own body, for God's sake, Yates is adept at picking apart the wellintentioned duplicity within couples, which both causes and prevents further hurt, misunderstanding and deception, and the chasm between thoughts/dreams and actions.
The competitive dynamics of suburbia are similarly exposed, Keeping up appearances is important, which is why, at the start of the novel, April is so upset at the debacle of the am dram.
Plot
This is the painfully insightful story of a youngish couple, with two small children, living in New England in thes.
Both have lingering hurt and dysfunction from their childhoods, which exacerbates the slow and painful disintegration of their relationship.
April has the idea of a fresh start in Paris, where she will support Frank till he works out what he wants to do with his life.
This exciting possibility and shared aim changes the dynamic of their lives,
Caution but only a slight one
Don't read this if you're in a long term relationship that is in difficulties, especially if you are stuck in a dull job as well: it may be too pertinent.
That caveat aside, it's not a depressing book: as with all his books which all have strong autobiographical elements there is cold beauty in the pain of struggles with work, relationships, drink, and money.
Original Clichés
There are a few potential literary clichés used well and originally, so that each gives insight in a fresh way: ,
Passages about Frank's work, and especially his cavalier approach to sorting his In Tray pagesandmade a great metaphor for his approach to life, laden with overtones of Kafka a tough target, hit with panache much like the whole book.
Yates Revival
I read this just before the film came out because I wanted to see the film.
Good call. I loved the book and enjoyed the film,
Apparently the resurgence of Yates' popularity predates that and was prompted by this excellent article about him and his works:
The Lost World of Richard Yates, by Stewart ONan, in The Boston , sitelinkhere.
One of my favourite novels, and easily one the greatest ever written, Richard Yates goes right for the necessary to work out who one really is.
Summer,, Frank and April Wheeler are living what to many would believe is the suburban American dream, wholesome friendly neighbours, and for Frank an undemanding job in Manhattan, all appears grand.
But it isn't. The Wheelers might be young, beautiful and feel full of promise to the outside world, but they harbour little affection for each other.
Both Husband and wife are bored, with each other, with their lives,
April has a plan, to escape this emptiness, one that will enable Frank to quit his job and realise his potential while she works, of course those familiar with Yates's work will know that happy and fulfilling lives are not around the corner.
As Richard Yates's masterly debut novel unfolds, we see selfdeception deepen, and a marriage going to the dogs.
Revolutionary Road is a work of serious moral intent, and not to be taken lightly, not that that's even possible, though there are extremely amusing moments, they don't really equate to much.
It's gripping without resorting to melodrama melodrama is one of my pet hates in books, the story is entirely at one with the characters' dilemmas.
Yates, who died inhad so much in common with the people he wrote about, that's why he is so darn good as a storyteller to the flipside of the American dream.
This is one of the best novels ever written about the difficulty in living life accordingly, And the narrative is simply stunning, .