Elsewhere
A Memoir
A Washington Post Notable Work of NonfictionAn NPR Best Book of 2012Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo turns to memoir in this hilarious and bittersweet account of his lifelong bond with his high-strung, spirited mother-and the small town she spent her life trying to escape. Anyone familiar with Russo's novels will recognize Gloversville-once famous for producing nine out of ten dress gloves in the United States. By the time Rick was born, ladies had stopped wearing gloves and Gloversville was on its way out. Jean Russo instilled in her son her dream of a better life elsewhere, a dream that prompted her to follow him across the cou…
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- ISBN: 978-0-307-94976-9
- EAN: 9780307949769
- Produktnummer: 19426994
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.1 cm x D1.9 cm 263 g
- Gewicht: 263
Über den Autor
Richard Russo is the author of eight novels; two collections of stories; and Elsewhere, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which like Nobody's Fool was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries.
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