Revolutionary Road

10 hrs. 55 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Richard Yates

Narrator Dmitry Orgin

Description

As soon as “Revolutionary Road” saw the light, the novel was immediately proclaimed a “literary masterpiece” (Tennessee Williams) and a “Great Gatsby for new times” (Kurt Vonnegut). The book made it onto the short list for the United States’ main literary award—the National Book Award—and served as the basis for Sam Mendes’s big-budget drama released in Russia on January 29, 2009, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the lead roles (the first time together after “Titanic”!).

This is the story of Frank and April Wheeler—an intelligent, beautiful, and talented married couple who are worn down by the banality of suburban life. Frank works as a clerk at a large New York firm; April stays home, raises the children, and dreams of an acting career—but they both long for something greater, something exceptional. And then they are given a unique chance: to leave for Paris, start anew from a clean slate…