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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Russo, Richard P. Russo
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 09.05.2002
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9780099422273
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942227-3
• Numero di pagine: 496
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.8 x 3.1 cm
• Serie: Vintage Paperbacks; VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage Paperbacks
• Categorie: FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, Maine, Keeping Mum, Contemporary, Family, Chick Lit, Anne Tyler, Animals, Family life fiction, families, Modern and contemporary fiction, Literary fiction, Straight Man, Romantic Fiction, dog books, Literary gifts, good books, top 10 fiction, aga, top ten fiction, small town family, street child, nobodys fool, street magic