Richard Yates is a preeminent storyteller of the 20th century; literary pundits agree that Revolutionary Road represents the pinnacle of his career. Set in post-war America in the 1950's, this is a tale of the insidious routines that capitalist societies construct around their constituents to acculturate them--to entrap them. This ingeniously crafted novel is assuredly a masterpiece.
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Jerome Kohn, Keeper of Hannah Arendt’s Flame, Dies at 93
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He devoted his career to guarding the legacy of the philosopher known for
her writings on totalitarianism and “the banality of evil.”
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