Collected Works of Richard Yates (9 Volumes in Total)

About This Novel

This is the first time in China that the works of Richard Yates have been collected and published, and it is also the first time in China that this contemporary American classic writer has been comprehensively and systematically translated and introduced. It collects almost all of Yates's important works and fully displays Yates's literary world; America's "great writer in the age of anxiety" and a faithful recorder of mainstream life in the United States in the mid-20th century. Critics have compared Yates with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever. The characters are lifelike, the writing is delicate and sophisticated, the plot is well-conceived and fascinating, and it has the power of compassion to make people cry while reading. Yates's works are all about the ordinary lives of ordinary people, describing the loneliness, loss and despair of ordinary people. He himself once said: "If there is any theme in my works, I think there is only one simple one: people are lonely, no one can escape, and this is their tragedy." A common theme in his works is the fragmentation of the "American Dream", and they represent an important aspect of the American experience: the chaos in the economic boom after World War II. The middle-class suburban life seems peaceful and comfortable, but beneath the surface of happiness is often addiction to alcohol, mental crisis or even on the verge of collapse. It can be said that Yates's work is like a ruthless mirror that reflects the shortcomings and strange phenomena of American society. He writes candidly and without whitewashing, fully revealing the oppression and alienation of people by society, as well as the extreme loneliness in the nature of each person.

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