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Richard Russo
Author profile
born
in Johnstown, New York, The United States
July 15, 1949
gender
male
website
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Empire Falls
— published 2001 — 26 editions |
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Straight Man
— published 1997 — 21 editions |
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Bridge of Sighs
— published 2007 — 23 editions |
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Nobody's Fool
— published 1993 — 17 editions |
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That Old Cape Magic: A Novel
— published 2009 — 26 editions |
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The Risk Pool
— published 1988 — 12 editions |
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Mohawk
— published 1986 — 13 editions |
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Elsewhere
— published 2012 — 6 editions |
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The Whore's Child and Other Stories
— published 2002 — 17 editions |
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The Best American Short Stories 2010
by Richard Russo , Heidi Pitlor , James Lasdun — published 2010 — 3 editions |
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Richard Russo
"In his first memoir, Elsewhere, the novelist writes about how his vivacious but volatile mother and his small hometown of Gloversville have shaped his career." ...More
"In his first memoir, Elsewhere, the novelist writes about how his vivacious but volatile mother and his small hometown of Gloversville have shaped his career." ...More
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“And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don't take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
“What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
“After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble. ”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls
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| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Have U ever imagined a specific actor in the part of a novel's protagonist? | 8 | 18 | Mar 10, 2009 08:57am | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: April 2009: Glens Falls Senior Center Book Club | 1 | 12 | Mar 25, 2009 07:26am | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: What are U reading these days? (Part Four) (begun 2/18/09) | 207 | 138 | Apr 03, 2009 09:11am | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Red Fox Books and RICHARD RUSSO ! | 2 | 20 | Jun 20, 2009 11:33am | |
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