Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Groby, who runs the Whiting-owned Empire Grill, but hope...
Empire Falls, Maine: once a thriving hub of industry, this small town nestles in a bend of the vast and winding Knox River, and has always been the empire of the wealthy Whiting family. Now the last Mrs Whiting presides like a black widow spider over its declining fortunes. She harbours a grudge against her employee Miles Groby, who runs the Whiting-owned Empire Grill, but hopes one day to own it himself. Miles, gentle and hopeless, has other problems: his wife has run off with his worst customer, he frets about his adored teenage daughter, and his drunken father sponges off everyone. As the novel builds to a shocking climax, Russo constantly surprises with characters who will disarm you, a plot with as many twists and falls as the Knox River itself, and an ending that will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
Isolation
人民文学出版社2005版
打铁老汉
帝国瀑布
人民文学出版社2005版
0 有用 Escapist 2024-04-12 14:26:57 瑞典
超棒的一部群像小说，人物刻画真实可爱，Tick真是天使女孩，Bea和Max只要一出场就好笑，Otto可惜了。虽然有Minty这样的存在， 但包括主角在内的多数角色都是善良的。这个版本讲过去的章节时采用的斜体印刷比较逆天。
0 有用 慢懒 2018-01-18 19:43:49
很久前读的，实在忘了写了什么
0 有用 风之远途 2020-08-01 14:54:54
喜欢它戏剧性的开篇与结尾，喜欢它时而多情，时而幽默，时而冷静的笔调，喜欢它灵活穿梭时空，将三代人的命运交织在一起。最喜欢的，是那条奔流不息的河，发起狠来，清洗了大地上的恶。