Empire Falls
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| Empire Falls | |
 Cover of first edition |
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| Author | Richard Russo |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | 8 May 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 496 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0679432477 |
Empire Falls is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 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 |
