Author:Richard Yates
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 despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.
Yates was the most perceptive American writer of the twentieth century
—— The TimesA major literary event...a remarkable achievement
—— IndependentHis short stories...are absolutely wonderful
—— Joseph O'ConnorThe stories are formidable...we know we are in the presence of a master craftsman
—— Sydney Morning HeraldMaxwell's triumph is to bring brightness and a seething, submerged emotion to an America long dead... he offers us scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of American's twentieth century, and they do not fade
—— Claire Messud , Times Literary SupplementIn these stories de Bernieres casts a loveing eye on the world we have lost and invites you to share its intimacies
—— Allan Massie , ScotsmanKNOCKEMSTIFF by Donald Ray Pollock is the best book I have ever read. This is the America they don't let you see on television. This is real literature. It will be read for centuries
—— Michael GuinzburgIt's as if you put David Lynch, Denis Johnson, and a drunk speed freak body builder into a blender. The result are some of the darkest, wildest, most messed up, hilarious stories I've ever read. Knockemstiff is really something
—— Willy VlautinThis short story collection gives those new to her oeuvre a chance to delve into gems from her past...precociously vibrant
—— Melissa McClements , Financial Times
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