Empire Falls

Informationen zum Autor Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel, Empire Falls . He is also the author of Mohawk , The Risk Pool , Nobody's Fool , Straight Man , Bridge of Sighs and That Old Cape Magic , as well as a collection of stories, The Whore's Child; and a memoir , On Helwig Street . His original screenplay is the basis for Rowan Atkinson's film Keeping Mum . He lives with his wife in Maine. Klappentext Novel set in small town Maine, with a colourful array of characters, which makes a sinuous exploration of the foibles of human nature, with a great deal of humour and insight. Zusammenfassung Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Groby, who runs the Whiting-owned Empire Grill, but hopes one day to own it himself.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Russo, Richard P. Russo
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.05.2002
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780099422273
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942227-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 496
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 12.9 x 19.8 x 3.1 cm
• Serie: Vintage Paperbacks; VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage Paperbacks
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