A Tragic Honesty The Life and Work of Richard Yates |
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| Author:
| Bailey, Blake |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-28721-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Publisher: | Picador
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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A Tragic Honesty is a masterful evocation of a man who in many ways embodied the struggles of the Great American Writer in the latter half of the twentieth century. Fame and reward followed by heartbreak and obscurity, Richard Yates here stands for what the writer must sacrifice for his craft, the devils bargain of artistry for happiness, praise for sanity.
A Tragic Honesty is a masterful evocation of a man who in many ways embodied the struggles of the Great American Writer in the latter half of the twentieth century. Fame and reward followed by heartbreak and obscurity, Richard Yates here stands for what the writer must sacrifice for his craft, the devils bargain of artistry for happiness, praise for sanity.