Empire Falls

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is a huge-hearted and wonderful novel by a master storyteller.

Informationen zum Autor Richard Russo 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.

Vorwort
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is a huge-hearted and wonderful novel by a master storyteller.

Autorentext

Richard Russo

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.