All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the open ro But it was on one such drive, with his father fro...(展开全部)

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the open ro But it was on one such drive, with his father fro...(展开全部)

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

罗伯塔•沃尔斯泰特（Roberta Wohlstetter，1912—2007），美国军事情报史学家、历史学家，为数不多的女情报专家，被誉为“情报第一夫人”。曾任国际安全事务助理国防部长顾问，外交关系委员会、国际战略研究所、国防科学委员会和国家情报研究中心顾问委员会成员。长期任职于兰德公司，曾在芝加哥大学、霍华德大学等多校任教。致力于战略政策分析，涵盖情报与预警、核威慑、导弹防御、暴力极端主义等主题，著述颇丰。曾获“班克罗夫特奖”“国防特种武器局终身成就奖”等殊荣。

约翰·托兰，美国历史作家（1912-2004）。父母为爱尔兰裔。本人就学于威廉斯学院和耶鲁大学戏剧学院，大萧条聪期常与流浪者为伍，后活动子纽约戏剧界。二战时从军。自1957年出版《大飞艇》始，先后出版非小说类大众历史和以历史为背景的小说13本，自传1本，拿誉世界。其中《日本帝国的衰亡》曾获普利策奖，另三部描写亚太战争的力作《美国的耻辱》、《占领日本》和《漫长的战斗》也颇具影响，成为畅销书或常销书。

●作者简介 汉密尔顿•达尔比•佩里（Hamilton Darby Perry，1924-2009），美国军事史学者。毕业于普林斯顿大学，第二次世界大战期间，曾于美国海军服役，获得过嘉奖。退役后从事 文稿写作，担任过多家媒体的记者、出版人，著有《“帕内”号疑云》《利比•霍尔曼》等多部非虚构类图书。 ●译者简介 汪伟，独立制作人、编剧、导演， 1990年毕业于国际关系学院，1998年毕业于北京电影学院，获电影学硕士学位。曾任中央电视台电影频道《世界电影之旅》制作总监，拍摄纪录片作品《霞客行》 等。

●作者简介 汉密尔顿•达尔比•佩里（Hamilton Darby Perry，1924-2009），美国军事史学者。毕业于普林斯顿大学，第二次世界大战期间，曾于美国海军服役，获得过嘉奖。退役后从事 文稿写作，担任过多家媒体的记者、出版人，著有《“帕内”号疑云》《利比•霍尔曼》等多部非虚构类图书。 ●译者简介 汪伟，独立制作人、编剧、导演， 1990年毕业于国际关系学院，1998年毕业于北京电影学院，获电影学硕士学位。曾任中央电视台电影频道《世界电影之旅》制作总监，拍摄纪录片作品《霞客行》 等。