| Empire Falls | |
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 Cover of first edition |
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| Author | Richard Russo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | 8 May, 2001 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 496 pp |
| ISBN | 0679432477 |
| OCLC Number | 46863970 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 21 |
| LC Classification | PS3568.U812 E4 2001b |
Empire Falls is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002.
Plot
A small, fictional mill town in Maine called Empire Falls, though once booming in industry, is quickly deteriorating. Owned by the powerful Whiting family, the town can no longer sustain itself. Seen through the eyes of Miles Roby, the manager of the Empire Grill, which is also owned by Mrs. Whiting, his struggles with family, including his divorce and his teenage daughter, greatly mirror the condition of the town. His soon-to-be ex-wife Janine is going out with and preparing to marry the owner of a fitness center in town. As prospects for the town's future dwindle, the past is visited to explain Miles' history as well as those around him and the town itself.
A subplot of the novel involves a school shooting carried out by a poor high school student, who is essentially orphaned after the death of his grandmother.
Miniseries adaptation
The novel was made into a two part mini-series that aired on HBO in 2005, starring Ed Harris, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Newman (in his last live action role) and produced by Marc E. Platt. At the author's suggestion, much of it was filmed in Skowhegan, Winslow, and Waterville in Maine. It won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series in 2006.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2002 |
Succeeded by Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
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