- Empire Falls
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name = Empire Falls
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image_caption = Cover of first edition
author =Richard Russo
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Novel
publisher =Knopf
release_date =8 May ,2001
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media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 496 pp
isbn = ISBN 0679432477
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followed_by ="Empire Falls" is a 2001 novel written by
Richard Russo . It won thePulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002.Plot summary
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 troubled teenage daughter, greatly mirror the condition of the 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.Mini-series adaptation
The novel was made into a two part mini-series that aired on HBO in 2005, starring
Ed Harris ,Helen Hunt , and produced byMarc E. Platt . At the author's suggestion, much of it was filmed in Skowhegan, Winslow, and Waterville inMaine . It won aGolden Globe for Best Mini-Series in 2006.External links
* [http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2001/05/21/russo/ Salon review]
* [http://www.hackwriters.com/EmpireFalls.htm Hackwriters review]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/e/empire-falls.shtml Popmatters review]
* [http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php?bk=84 Photos of the first edition of Empire Falls]
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