Revolutionary Road (starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Winslet)
About This Novel
The film of the same name stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, their second collaboration ten years after "Titanic". The protagonists of the novel, Frank and April Wheeler, live in the suburbs of Connecticut. The road they live on is called "Revolutionary Road." That was still 1955. Frank (also meaning "confession") is not straightforward at all, and lively April (also meaning "April") will soon wither in the autumn. The days on the revolutionary road were dramatic. The novel begins with a performance and ends with a performance, with one performance after another in between. Frank and April confront their dissatisfaction and fears about life, try to balance pregnancy and ambition, and dream of escaping the same years. But as Yates himself said: "The characters in my works are all within the limitations of their known and unknown. They want to be the best and do what they can't help but do, but in the end they inevitably fail because they can't help but go back to who they are."
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