Richard Russo





Richard Russo

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July 15, 1949 in Johnstown, New York, The United States

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Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Born in Johnstown, New York, and raised in nearby Gloversville, he earned a B.A. (1967), a M.F.A. (1980), and a Ph.D. (1979) from the University of Arizona.



Average rating: 3.80 · 70,954 ratings · 7,831 reviews · 23 distinct works
Empire Falls
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 34,708 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions
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Straight Man
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8,563 ratings — published 1997 — 17 editions
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Bridge of Sighs
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 8,681 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions
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Nobody's Fool
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 5,086 ratings — published 1993 — 16 editions
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That Old Cape Magic
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 6,846 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions
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The Risk Pool
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,225 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Mohawk
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,784 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions
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The Whore's Child: And Othe...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,414 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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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

“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

“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

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