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.
"I loved Richard Russo's Pulitzer-winning Empire Falls, a moving, brilliantly imagined and intensely satisfying novel about the slow death of a small town: Russo's characters are as loveable and as exasperating as family" -- Nick Hornby "His natural grace as a storyteller is matched by his compassion for his characters" -- John Irving 20020614 "Like Anne Tyler, Russo is interested in how people rub along; in kindness and responsibility; in cutting slack without being asked. In the Empire Grill he has created a place so involving that not only can you see and smell it, but you start to feel a bit left out of the gin rummy. Russo makes an enormous job of story-telling look effortless. He is, in all the best senses of the word, a natural" Sunday Times "Richard Russo can write like Edith Wharton leavened with a touch of David Lodge" Economist "Russo's command of his story is unerring... He satisfies every expectation without lapsing into predictability, and the last section of the book explodes with surprises...One of the best novelists around" New York Times
Richard Russo studierte an der Universität von Arizona und lehrt heute Literatur am Colby College in Waterville. Sein erster Roman »Mohawk« brachte ihm auf Anhieb literarischen Ruhm ein. Vor allem seit er für »Empire Falls« mit dem Pulitzer Preis ausgezeichnet wurde, gilt er als einer der wichtigsten Autoren Amerikas. Sein Roman »Nobody's Fool« wurde mit u.a. Paul Newman, Melanie Griffith und Bruce Willis verfilmt und bekam zwei Oscar-Nominierungen. Russo lebt mit seiner Frau Barbara und zwei Töchtern in Maine.
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