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Richard Russ's books Empire Falls and Nobody's Fool might fall into this category. Both deal with men who deal with major changes in their lives.
4. Prize Winners
A A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
B. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy
and
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
1. Pulitzer Prize wniners
2. both were made into movies
3. Male authors
4. both the lead characters are fathers
5. both lead Characters are single (one a widower the other divorced)
6 They are ...
... So here are a few that I really enjoyed. Not in any order;
The Four Deuces: A Korean War Story by C. S. Crawford
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Turned the Tide of World War II by Sam Mose
Ned Myers; Or, a Life Be ...
>235 Bonnie: Cape Magic was great! I can't wait to read his other work. I've had Empire Falls and Bridge of Sighs on my list for ages, but somehow read this one first even though it's the new book. So what Russo should I read next???
>236 AnneH: Thanks for the rec of Gourmet Rhapsody. I ...
Empire Falls - Russo - Picked this up mostly because of Cliff's outspoken love for Russo, we'll see how it goes
The Plague - Camus - haven't ever read any Camus so this should be interesting
The Shadow Rising - Jordan - aw hell, I need my guilty pleasure fantasy reading
Friday Night Light ...
> emaestra- Paul Newman died 9/08. I think he was 83. Your point is still valid! Funny I read and loved Empire Falls but have had Bridge of Sighs sitting in my tbr for ages!
I'm over halfway through Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner. This is why we read! Complete brilliance! Stegner ...
... another book in the Judge Deborah Knott series by Margaret Maron, Winter's Child.
One of my book groups did Empire Falls . The only person who liked it was the one who suggested it. Just ghastly people and boring story. The mind boggles at any parents who name/refer to their ...
... currently 84; Ed Harris is 59. Twenty five years difference, totally believable as father and son. I haven't read yet Empire Falls but I have read Bridge of Sighs, which I very much enjoyed. Perhaps I should put EF up closer to the top of the pile.
After having three books going ...
... by James Jones was like that too. The best part of the book was in the characters heads.
193: coppers; Go ahead and move Empire Falls to the top of Mont TBR you'll be glad you did.
Just to chime in on the Empire Falls chat... I read it earlier this year and was swept away by it. The story and characters are great, and my heart just broke for both Miles and his brother, as well as for Tick. The whole age thing with the silver fox was funny, and I couldn't help but feel ...
I also loved Empire Falls . #193 coppers - if you haven't read it, move it up and start on it ASAP! Russo's strength is making common everyday people interesting and characters about which you can have sympathy and care deeply about. I had forgotten about the HBO movie and have never seen it. P ...
... - I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure. I loved it!
usnmm2 & msf59 - I have had Empire Falls sitting on my shelf for years and haven't read it yet. I know I need to bump it up!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
> usnmm2- I loved Empire Falls too! If you can track down the HBO film version, it's worth it. Of course it pales, compared to the book but Paul Newman is excellent as the father!
Just finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo
A great book!!
One of the best books I've read in many years. Full of characters good and bad and I cared for everyone of them. I can add nothing to the positive reviews that have already been written by many readers.
>37 dchaikin
I kept seeing "The Road" in many places that's one reason I gave it a try.
Just finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo
A great book!!
One of the best books I've read in many years. Full of characters good and bad and I cared for everyone of them. I can add nothing to the ...
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
A great book!!
One of the best books I've read in many years. Full of characters good and bad and I cared for everyone of them. I can add nothing to the positive reviews that have already been written by many readers.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
A great book!! One of the best I've read in many years. Full of characters good and bad and I cared for everyone of them. I can add nothing to the reviews that have already been written.
... happened to me. If you enjoyed That Old Cape Magic (as I did) you will love his other work especially Straight Man and Empire Falls .
... Orleans. When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson in the CD player (loving it so far).
I also enjoyed Empire Falls !
As part of my idea to read more books of a literary nature, my next book to read is Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
As part of my idea to read more books of a literary nature, my next book to read is Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
Book 41 - empire by niall ferguson
It's an incredibly impressive achievement to write a history about something as complex as imperialism so concisely, accessibly and punchily. Starting with the personal (the impact of the empire on Ferguson's family), it challenges contemporary myths, ...
Laura, since you enjoyed Empire Falls you might like Straight Man. It's my favourite of Russo's books.
Same Sea as Every Summer
Gap Creek
Still Glides the Stream Stream
Cataract
Empire Falls
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Pulitzer Prize winners
A. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
B. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
C. The Known World by Edward P. Jones
D. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
E. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
I loved Empire Falls , and now I want to read it again. Did any of you see the movie? Ed Harris played Miles, Paul Newman romped through the role of Max...Joanne Woodward, Helen Hunt and Philip Seymour Hoffman were in it too. A minor cast...
Book # 61- Empire Falls - Sometime in the future, instead of teaching how to write characterization, professors may just hand out Empire Falls and say, learn from this.
... target="_blank"> Empire Falls - review
From my review: The novel unfolds at a slow pace, with Russo ...
How 'bout Empire by Edgar Box?
... all over again. Not knocked down flat ... just taken down a notch or two.
You are a doll. Reading the big boys huh? Russo . Conroy.
Like having a date with the prom king or the captain of the football team and the flash and talk didn't match up with the time spent together. Oh, well. ...
... fiction Pulitzers as side reads for our book club.) I'll start a thread here once I've finished it. My last Pulitzer was Empire Falls , which was a slow read but I enjoyed it. I plan to read more by Russo in the future.
... of Branwell Bronte, Troy Chimneys, The Sugar House, Solstice, Red Pottage, Pillion Riders, My Self When Young, Empire Falls , and A Year in Provence. Whew!~!
Now I must wait until the 10 of September to begin any of them. Patience, patience.
Hope everyone has had a nice day.
Ca ...
... l.com/117508.html">review
62. The Snow Goose - review
61. Empire Falls - review
60. The Uncommon Reader - review
... Olive Kitteridge for a book club. Also dipping into Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood. Considering Empire Falls for my book club read--anyone aye or nay?
I'm in the state of Maine, in a town called Empire Falls and wish I were enjoying the experience a bit more.
... George
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Amith
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys
NON FICTION/BIOGRAPHY 6
A World of Trouble: T ...
... Metamorphoses by Ovid. It's on the 1001 list.
Fireworks by Elizabeth White. I bought this because I liked the cover.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I've already read it, but t was 75c, and I know people want it on BookMooch.
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. I have this, ...
I want to add my recommendation to see the mini-series of Empire Falls which featured Paul Newman and Ed Harris and father as son. It was pretty true to the book, and I truly enjoyed the really fine acting in this one. (And it did spur me to read the book!)
... 5/81 = 6.173%
Pages read: 2,409
The breakdown by categories:
Category 3: MaryZorro's Pulitzer Challenge
Empire Falls by Richard Russo chrine in 50 Book Challenge : Chrine's 50 Book Challenge (2009) (Jun 15, 2009, 4:46pm)
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Thursday Next in First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde Empire Falls by Richard Russo
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Thursday Next in First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Read earlier this year.
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5. A Prayer For Owen Meany
6. Mountains Beyond Mountains
7. Housekeeping
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
9. Empire Falls
10. Friends of Eddie Coyle
11. Common Ground
12. Walden
13. All Souls
14. Ethan Frome
15. Charlotte's Web
16. Infinite Jest
17. Paul Reve ...
26. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Category 3: MaryZorro's Pulitzer Challenge
Rating:
15. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Rating:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Emily
I've added Empire Falls to my list.
I like your description!
#46 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
This is sweeping contemporary novel - a once vibrant New England town very much in decline with the globalization of its textile industry and several generations of families who live there. Russo writes with humor and compassion about a host of interwoven ...
Empire Falls is good, isn't it? I've heard mixed things about Life Class, but since you enjoyed it, I'll put it back on the mental "must read" list.
I read Empire Falls by Richard Russo, which is a great book. Now I'm wondering why I left it lying around since 2004. Stupid!
... friend happy) you might try The Last Picture Show and Texasville by Larry McMurtry. I base these on your review of Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
"Power and control."
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
"That's what this is all about, right?"
"'That's cheating', Walt complained."
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
"Could such a thing be called real?"
I'm still working on Empire Falls and planning on starting Peony in Love tomorrow.
... good gifts for him and good reads for me while taking a bath.
Books read: 25/81 = 30.864%
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Peony in Love by Lisa See - I'm about to start this one for book club.
... a bath.
Book 14/50 = 28% completed
Pages: 363
Total pages read in this year: 5,031
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Peony in Love by Lisa See - I'm about to start this one for book club.
... (THBC selection) - read in OCT 08 with the Someday BC
Currently, my reading plan for the month is to finish Empire Falls while reading Peony in Love. Then read The Cellist of Sarajevo, which I got as an ER book and need to review. Followed by The Reader, which I'm leading ...
... and humor so they make good gifts for him and good reads for me while taking a bath.
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
"'Correct,' she said."
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
"Was this so crazy?"
... inclusions used just to make a point about the characters.
Books read: 24/81 = 29.630%
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... characters.
Book 13/50 = 26% completed
Pages: 178
Total pages read in this year: 4,668
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... like out of the main story inclusions used just to make a point about the characters.
Currently reading:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
I'm reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo
I'm about 50 pages into Empire Falls , my first read in my Pulitzer category.
... ssic)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Voices of Resistance:Muslim women on war faith and sexuality Sarah Husain, ed.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... that knitting and yarn were incorporated in the story.
Books read: 23/81 = 28.395%
What I'm Reading Next:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo - MaryZorro's Pulitzer Challenge
... story.
Book 12/50 = 24% completed
Pages: 358
Total pages read in this year: 4,490
What I'm Reading Next:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo - MaryZorro's Pulitzer Challenge
... story.
I also enjoyed that knitting and yarn were incorporated in the story.
What I'm Reading Next:
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... ten years old?
Adventures of Robin Hood by E. Charles Vivian
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Empire by Orson Scott Card
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson – I haven’t actually finished it yet, ...
I participating in the Dewey 24-hour Read-a-Thon Saturday, and finished Empire Falls that morning. I just posted the review, In the Shadow of Mt. TBR , which includes a trailer for the HBO mini-series Emp ...
I participating in the Dewey 24-hour Read-a-Thon Saturday, and finished Empire Falls that morning. I just posted the review, In the Shadow of Mt. TBR , which includes a trailer for the HBO mini-series Emp ...
I finally left Empire Falls , Maine this morning. Now I've just beenMarked as a vampyre in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. My bestfriend is afraid of me, I wanted to eat my boyfriend... literally... and my step-loser wants to have a deliverance with his church Elder buddies. What a day!
Participating in the Read-a-Thon, and have finished Empire Falls and How to Be a Villian by Neil Zawacki, and now I'm starting Marked by P. C. Cast.
... birthday present >:-D~ *Bwah-ha-ha! *
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through Empire Falls by Richard Russo, and really enjoying it. I love Russo's characters. They're very real. I hate Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, as well as Walt and Max. L ...
... birthday present >:-D~ *Bwah-ha-ha! *
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through Empire Falls by Richard Russo, and really enjoying it. I love Russo's characters. They're very real. I hate Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, as well as Walt and Max. L ...
I am now in mid-Maine. It is fall in Empire Falls , and there's talk of Massholes from Boston coming up to buy up the old factories and save us all.
I started Empire Falls by Richard Russo last night. I love the whole luuch-counter-society feel, and Horace cracks me up ! When I'm done reading the book, I'll have to watch the miniseries.
I'm also reading Sir John Hargrave's Mischief Maker's Manual , which is ...
... didn't give up on the book, a book I've been trying to finish since 5th grade. It was worth it :-D
Now I'm off to read Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
... forward to is called Horns and Wrinkles.
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Next up, though, is Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I've got the movie on my Netflix queue, so as soon as I finish, I'll get the DVD.
Finished 29 , 46 to go.
... forward to is called Horns and Wrinkles.
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Next up, though, is Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I've got the movie on my Netflix queue, so as soon as I finish, I'll get the DVD.
Finished 29 , 46 to go.
... Liss
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Translation of Dr. Apelles by David Treuer
Imaginations by William Carlos Williams
The Night Listener
Empire Falls
The Mists of Avalon
Breathing Lessons
After Dark
The Moonstone
yay for 20% sale of used books!
... Susan Fletcher (Someday BC selection)
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky (RGG side read)
Empire Falls by Richard RussoA Separate Peace by John Knowles (THBC selection)
... - Michael Moore
Circle the Truth - Pat Scmatz
Girl, Interrupted - Susann Kaysen
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
Empire Falls - Richard Russo
Hope's Boy - Andrew Bridge
The Tricksters - Margaret Mahy
The Folk Keeper - Franny Billingsley
I am Morgan le Fay- Nancy Springer
...
26. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
This was recommended to me and I always worry about what I will say if I don't like books that are recommended to me. But I don't have to worry about that with this one. It was very good.
27. Quicker Than the Eye by Ray Bradbury
Like every book ...
book 16 is Empire Falls by Richard Russo
i adsolutely loved Nobodys Fool empire falls is just as good :)
... for some reason I would find him unremittingly boring, rather the way I find Tom Robbins boring. So, should I start with Empire or something else?
From PBS I received
The Book of Lost Things
and a friend surprised me and picked up
Empire Falls
for me today at a thrift shop.
... and that had to be forced on me because I had avoided them because of the hype were Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and Empire Falls by Richard Russo.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo; read it a few years ago
... started my list for me:
Summerland by Michael Chabon 7-2-09.
TBR: White Apples by Jonathan Carroll.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo 8-28-09
TBR: Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem.
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling 1-24-09
TBR: The Meadow by Jame ...
8. The Whore's Child a great collection of short stories by Richard Russo. I decided to try this book because I read Empire Falls last year and loved it. The short stories are great, they are realistic life situations combined with wry humor featuring among others, an elderly nun born to a ...
8. The Whore's Child a great collection of short stories by Richard Russo. I decided to try this book because I read Empire Falls last year and loved it. The short stories are great, they are realistic life situations combined with wry humor featuring among others, an elderly nun born to a ...
... Acres by Jane Smiley
1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2004: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
2009: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
So, ...
... Out by John Knowles MAY 5 **1/2
14. Thursday Next in First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde MAY 6 ****
15. Empire Falls by Richard Russo (MZ PC) MAY 15
16. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer rarm in 999 Challenge : 999 Challengers with a Pulitzer Prize Category (Jan 7, 2009, 10:31pm)
... couple of months now but I think that for the 999 Challenge I may be reading them willy-nilly.
My tentative list is:
i. Empire Falls
ii. The Interpreter of Maladies
iii. The Hours
iv. The Shipping News
v. American Pastoral
vi. Beloved
vii. The Killer Angels
viii. The Fixer ...
... Bond
46 Jackass Frigate by Alaric Bond
47. White Rhino Hotel by Bartle Bull
48. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
49. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
50 Under The Dome by Stephen King
...
Worst:
1) The Gallatin Divergence by L. Neil Smith
2) Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard
3) Empire by Orson Scott Card
4) The Stonehenge Gate by Jack Williamson
5) Santa Responds: He's Had Enough...and He's Writing Back! by Santa Claus
All in no ...
This year I discovered Richard Russo who has been around for a while. I read Empire Falls & have ordered Bridge of sighs
... Owen Meany -- from C1
All the Pretty Horses -- from C1
A Separate Peace -- from C2
Peace Breaks Out -- from C6
Empire Falls -- from C3
The Red Pony -- from C1
This category includes classics and modern classics and books by classic authors and modern classic authors.
Category 3: MaryZorro's Pulitzer Challenge
1. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Favorite reads of 2008:
Taking Lottie home by Terry Kay
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by David Lindsay
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage ...
... set in Middle ages.
the Road by Cormac McCarthy Scarey because we keep coming closer & closer to this destination.
Empire Falls Richard Russo. A good reead & well-written.
The March by E. L. Doctorow. Actually I was a bit disappointed in this but it was still a good story.
The Gat ...
>125: cameling- I also loved Empire Falls , one of the reasons I picked it up, along with some strong nods from fellow LTers.
I received these 2 books from an incredible LT member:
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I've heard so much great buzz on this novel!
Forty Words For Sorrow ...
>117: msf59, I loved Empire Falls by Russo when I read it some years back, so I'd be curious to know how you find Bridge of Sighs.
richard, don't you just hate it when books march along and hurl themselves into your bag without so much as a by your leave? the cheek.... heh heh...
I'm ...
... some sense into the characters, and the book is not on my favorites list, but I certainly haven't forgotten it. I loved Empire Falls --it's the kind of book I really get lost in.
Olive Kitteridge was one of my favorite reads this year, and it gets my firmest nudge from your list.
I enjoyed Empire Falls , but my favorite Russo book (everyone ducks as another unsolicited surface to air nudge flies by) is Straight Man, a tremendously funny academic satire best read (pay attention here tomcatMurr) while sitting on the toilet; otherwise, you'll be peeing in your pants ...
... It is a humerous while staying respectful outlook of taboo and uncomfortable subjects.
I have heard great things about Empire Falls but haven't read it yet.
... Diaz
2.The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3.The Known World by Edward P. Jones
4.Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
5.Empire Falls by Richard Russo
6.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
7.Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
8.The Hours by Michael Cunningh ...
... material there, and it would be a fantastic choice for discussing structure and multiple narratives
Bridge of Sighs or Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Female ...
A couple more articles of interest:
A PopMatters interview with Richard Russo (THE STRAIGHT MAN and EMPIRE FALLS are gems). Bookmark this site, they always seem to be covering someone worthy.
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/63774/continuity-means-a-lot-to-award-winning-author-richard- ...
... everyone on LT is tired of me going on and on about this book. Been a big fan of it since the day it was published.
Empire Falls --haven't read this one, but I have friends that just rave about it.
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1986 - Lonesome Dove
1988 - Beloved
1994 - The Shipping News
1996 - Independence Day
1999 - The Hours
2002 - Empire Falls
2003 - Middlesex
2004 - The Known World
2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
... Man by Paul Rusesabagina
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Stiff by Mary Roach
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh ...
... by Michael Cunningham (1999 Pulitzer)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (1997 Pulitzer for Biography or Autobiography)
Empire Falls by Richard Russon (2002 Pulitzer)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2008 Pulitzer)
Independence Day by Richard Ford (1996 Pulitzer)
Th ...
... 09)
3. 2002: Wachten op de barbaren by J.M. Coetzee (jul09)
4. 2003: Tea-Bag by Henning Mankell (aug09)
5. 2004: Empire Falls by Richard Russo (may09)
6. 2005: Een al te mooi meisje by Jan Seghers (jul09)
7. 2006: Mevrouw Verona daalt de heuvel af by Dimitri Verhulst ...
... me. This time it finally clicked.
Once I'm done with Fellowship, I am returning to my Pulitzer reading. This time out, Empire Falls by Richard Russo, and I don't know what the second Pulitzer winner will be before I return to Tolkien.
On my nightstand now is The Cornelius Chronic ...
... The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Amistad HarperCollins)
2003 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar)
2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf)
2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House)
2000 Interpreter of Maladies ...
... year of reading, there is only a handful that are good enough to stay in my brain.
Angle of Repose still sticks, as did Empire Falls , and The Known World
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... Archer
Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes by Blair S. Walker
Secrets and Lies by David Southwell
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Everyone Dies by Michael McGarrity
Griffonnage, you flatter me. Between vacuumboy9's comparison to Mother Night and, now, yours to Empire Falls , I'm liable to get a swelled head. Thank you.
And we have a new visitor. Hi Tedd, thanks for joining us.
There are several points in the novel when you don't get to know what Char ...
... matured, how events have unfolded for the people of Instruere---a really great series..I heartily recommend it..
32)- Empire BY: Orson Scott Card --wrong touchstone--- an okay novel, alternative history run-amok...a bit to doctrinaire and pedantic for my tastes, nevertheless I stuck ...
Dark Water Koji Suzuki
The Wine-Dark Sea Robert Aickman
Gods of Riverworld Philip Jose Farmer
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Hmmm...what to do, what to do? I loved Empire Falls and hated A Thousand Acres (it may have been the "angry" that put me off).
... but a story and characters that I learned about and cared for, and a personal, involving story... reminded me somewhat of Empire Falls , but not as busy, or even A Thousand Acres, but not as angry...
I would recommend this book to everyone I know that reads quality novels, and I would read ...
... Jim Harrison
Brick Lane Monica Ali
Women Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros
The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
Empire Falls , Richard Russo
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I have Empire Falls on my TBR pile. I have heard how good it is. i really must read it soon.
I received The Wednesday Sisters Friday afternoon (in CT). I'll start it as soon as I finish my book club book (Empire Falls , reading it again! So good...)
Still waiting on Spirit of the Place....
...
8. Changing Places by David Lodge (because I require the occasional bit of academic satire in order to remain sane)
9. Empire Falls by Richard Russo (to discuss with said Thanksgiving-visiting friend)
10. More Shakespeare (to discuss with my husband)
...Oh, there are more.
...
Graham Greene
Jane Austen
Anne Tyler
Alice McDermott
Ann Patchett
Sue Miller
Ian McEwan
Barbara Pym
Richard Russo
and
Harper Lee (Too bad there is only one!)
... they're not even at the top of the TBR list? (Highlights are Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Beautiful Lies, and Empire Falls .)
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... brilliant. The most enjoyable novel I've read since David Mitchell's BLACK SWAN GREEN. If you're a fan of Russo's work (EMPIRE FALLS , STRAIGHT MAN, MOHAWK), don't miss BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
... Russo would do the trick. Straight Man is my favorite of his that I've read. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Empire Falls . He has a good sense of humor, but writes about serious issues. He also has a good emotional range, and his characters are vivid and memorable.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo. i can't believe this is the 1st. time i've read Richard Russo! He is so good. And he has a lot of other stuff I haven't read yet.
Richard, where have you been all my life?
... or two.... 30 minutes later I was the proud owner of:
Life Before Man - M. Atwood
A really crappy paperback copy of Empire Falls (for $2.50 - how can I resist?).
The Long-Legged Fly, what appears to be an intelligent mystery set in NOLA - by James Sallis, whom LT does not ...
... >Fiction
A Severed Head, Iris Murdoch
None to Accompany Me, Nadine Gordimer
Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks
Empire Falls , Richard Russo
Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown
The Pearl & Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck
Eva Luna, Isabel Allende
Non-Fiction
Unbowed W ...
... the local flavor or color of New England or any specific area within it. Certainly, Richard Russo accomplished this in Empire Falls , and Hawthorne did it with any number of literary works.
edited to correct mistakes and expand the idea a bit more (didn't mean to limit it to 'Maine' - ...
Howard's End E.M.Forster
Paradise Lost
John Milton
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Final Vinyl Days Jill McCorkle
End of Affluence Paul Ehrlich
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - McCullers
American Psycho - Ellis
Empire Falls - Russo
The Last Picture Show - McMurtry
The Commitments - Doyle
About a Boy - Hornby
... by Patricia Cornwell, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Collected Works by Oscar Wilde, Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, Empire Falls by Richard Russo among others.
... by Patricia Cornwell, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Collected Works by Oscar Wilde, Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, Empire Falls by Richard Russo among others.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... the Hand of Devils
12. The Golden Compass
13. The Subtle Knife
14. The Amber Spyglass
15. Straight Man
16. Empire Falls
17. Bridge of Sighs
18. Fleshmarket Alley
19. Crime School
20. The Floating Girl
21. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden
22. Saturday by Ian McE ...
... 706 copies
7. Sula, Toni Morrison 1,739 copies
8. A Child Called It, David Pelzer 1,315 copies
9. Empire Falls , Richard Russo 2,465 copies
10 . Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser 785 copies
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1. The Summons, John Grisham 1,741 copies
2. ...
... A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones
Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Lesbian Novels
Annie on My Mi ...
#92-95 - I read Empire Falls last year and enjoyed it. Bridge of Sighs is sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read. Glad to see you liked it, okie!
All finished with The House at Riverton by Kate Morton, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I will be starting The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Per ...
I have about 100 pages of Empire Falls by Richard Russo to finish. Loved this book! I love the supporting characters and how well they are developed as, of course, the protagonist. A great book for the collection - won the pulitzer a few years back.
Next, Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & C ...
... by Anita Brookner
3. That Night by Alice McDermott
4. Atonement by Ian McEwan
5. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
6. Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon****
7. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton ...
... sometime around the 5'th book.
Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga - or at least the ones he wrote on his own (NOT the Empire series cowritten with Janny Wurts) - are pretty good and kind of similar to the Assassins trilogy.
67) Empire Falls by Richard Russo ( review )
I am still reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. No wonder it took HBO 10 hours to tell this story! But it's a good book nonetheless.
If I finish it up this week, I may start on Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig. I know, I know - I will probably be sorely disappointed ...
I am enjoying Empire Falls too. I hope you can check out the Pulitzer Project challenge I linked in message #49. It's a great way to motivate yourself to read more Pulitzers. It is amazing how many good books I have missed too over the years! But boy am I catching up now! =)
I loved Empire Falls . I thought it was one of the best of the Pulitzers that I have read so far. I was interested in the link provided in message 49, but on a government computer and can't access from here.
I am reading two Pulitzers at the same time. Martin Dressler is my day time book and Ka ...
... book challenge , and I am enjoying the comments about prize winners here on this thread.
I am currently reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Very enjoyable so far - but I am waiting for the "umphh" to kick in. =)
20 mrstreme: I too loved Empire Falls , so I hope you enjoy it.
I started and finished Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas last night and thought it was nearly as good as Little Girl Lost.
This evening I started Graphs, Maps, Trees. I find Franco Moretti's method of literary ...
... so far. Also still enjoying East of Eden at a leisurely pace.
Let me know name suggestions!
> 20: mrstreme
I loved Empire Falls I hope you enjoy it.
... The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian this week, which I was not impressed with at all. Hopefully, my latest book, Empire Falls by Richard Russo will be more interesting!
Crap, I don't know what happened. Anyway, I read Empire falls , which I really liked. It is about a man who is kind of trapped in his life and just lets things happen to him. It keeps going back to the past and you see how he got in his situation and it has a kind of happy ending. I am also ...
I remember being ready to give up Empire Falls a number of times. It just didn't seem to be going anywhere. But I liked the writer's style and I enjoyed the characters enough to keep going.
I stuck with it and am so glad I did. Bits and characters from that book still pop up in my head from ...
... Then I read The Hours, which, since I haven't read Mrs. Dalloway I felt like maybe I just didn't get it.
Then I read Empire Falls another Pulizter and it was wonderful. Of all the Pulizters I have read so far, it is the one I would most recommend. I am currently reading Poisonwood Bible ...
... started the Poisonwood Bible, it is nothing like the name suggests, and I am loving it. I am reading another book called Empire Falls which I don't think is on the 1001 but is a Pulitzer winner that should be. I keep trading back and forth because they are both so good. Off to read now.
ooh, thanks, rufustfirefly66, for mentioning Russo! I enjoyed Empire Falls a lot when we read it at my library group a couple of years ago, and then I forgot about my thought of trying some of his other stuff. Another few titles for my list that never seems to shrink.
... Day, and the Rabbit novels were novels I greatly enjoyed and lead me to the idea of reading all Pulitzer winners. Empire Falls , Humbolt's Gift, and Middlesex are three favorites that I read in the past year.
I didn't much care for The Good Earth, The Hours, or Beloved.
... and getting more and more involved with the flawed and so very human characters in this novel. I loved his previous book, Empire Falls and this is no less wonderful.
I think I might reread Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil since I am planning a trip to Savannah. Since this is a ...
I don't feel like I can say I am a fan, since I have only read Empire Falls - but I really, really liked that one. I have been meaning to get to Mohawk and The Whore's Child, both of which are sitting on my shelf, for ages. New releases often spur me on though so I'm glad to hear about this ...
I would very much agree with Richard Russo for New England. In addition to Empire Falls , many of his short stories vividly capture the feeling of Maine and New England for me.
#6, avaland, I was very skeptical about Empire Falls because it was so popular (yes, I can be a snob!), but it was highly recommended to me by the same person who recommended Bel Canto (which I also was snobbishly skeptical about, but loved) so I gave it a try and really enjoyed it.
... Donald Hall's now deceased wife, Jane Kenyon, also Massachusetts poet Mary Oliver.
rebeccanyc, I haven't read Empire Falls , you may be right:-)
legallypuzzled, I agree about Hebert. Howard Frank Mosher practically owns the Northern kingdom.
There's a Massachusetts author ...
I'm not a New Englander, so I could be way off base, but I thought Empire Falls by Richard Russo gave a good picture of life in a once-thriving mill town.
... Colson Whitehead
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
Niagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCraken
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... from vague memory?, dunno about any others.
Think she has a new story upcoming in JBU I saw today, and one of hers Nano Comes To Clifford Falls is at Escape Pod.
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I hope you like Empire Falls . I loved it. It was just one of those novels that makes you care about the characters and want to know about their lives. I was definitely a fan.
... Golden Bowl, Henry James's last novel, all week -- it is really slow-going as all later James novels are. But I have Empire Falls by Richard Russo to keep me entertained when James becomes intolerable. And I hope to read more of Mormon America by journalist Richard Ostling, ...
Empire Falls by Chris Thile is great. Never read the book, but I love the song.
... Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
65) The Hours by Michael Cunningham
66) The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
67) Empire Falls by Richard Russo
68) Rhett Butler's People by Daniel McCaig
69) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
70) The Year of Jubilo by Howard Bahr
71) The Old Man ...
... everything sounds so interesting. Today, I went to the library and took Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri and Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I've received good and bad reviews on both from friends and forums. I think I'm starting Maladies tonight.
So what are your thoughts? ...
... by Greg Iles
I feel bad about my neck by Nora Ephron
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
and listened to:
The falls by Joyce carol Oates
working on:
Shadow man by Cody McFadon
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
and listening to:
A breath of snow and ashes by Diana Gabal ...
... of Henry VIII by Carolly Erikson which was pretty good.
Now reading Turning Angel by Greg Iles and listening to The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates and started the short stories in I feel bad about my neck by Nora Ephron
... by Mary Janice Davidson, Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! by Terry Brooks, Burning Ground by Pearl Luke, Empire Falls by Richard Russo, Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert and Man or Mouse by Matt Whyman from my favourite online used bookseller.
Haunted & Broke ...
>1 ... Empire Falls is set in Maine, but I believe Richard Russo's Nobody's Fool is set in New York.
Julia Spencer-Fleming's mysteries are set in New York ... In the Bleak Midwinter, A Fountain Filled with Blood, Out of the Deep I Cry, To Darkness and To Death, and All Mortal ...
On Russo and Empire Falls , for some reason I'd also been under the impression it took place in upstate NY, but in fact, as Sackler notes (#21), it is a Maine book. Though I suppose the similarities of a rust-belt economy are what led us to that conclusion...
In nonfiction, Janet Fitchen ...
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
... ).
Drums Along the Mohawk
James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans
Richard Russo's Mohawk and Empire Falls .
Now I have to go brood about the non-fiction.
... take place upstate.
I've already forgotten who it was that mentioned Russo, but I wanted to say that I think that Empire Falls actually takes place in Maine. Correct me if I'm wrong.
In re Russo: I finally got around to seeing Nobody's Fool, the movie about a year ago. I loved the ...
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Picked up:
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
...for only $4.50, though.
... School.
Of Human Bondage Maugham - Good.
Babel 17 Samuel Delaney - Scifi, a rarity on this type of list
Empire Falls Russo - Good
Girl in Landscape Letham
White Noise Delillo I didn't like
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand I like some of her ideas but ...
... over in Troy.
That's a start.
And a couple of more contemporary touchstones:
Richard Russo's Mohawk and Empire Falls .
William Kennedy's Ironweed.
His local reportage, O Albany!.
And a 'nature' fave of mine, A Natural History of the Albany Pine Bush
... inson
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Runaway by Alice Munro
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