Richard Russo
1) Trajectory
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward... or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A best-selling and beloved author, at the very top of his game, now returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and the characters who made Nobody's Fool, his third novel, his first great success. The irresistible Sully, who in the intervening years has come by some unexpected good fortune, is now staring down a VA cardiologist's estimate that he only has a year or two left, and he's busy as hell keeping the news from the most important people in...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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Description
Writing professor William Henry Devereaux Jr. tries not to let the absurdities of academia get him down, but life becomes a bit hard to handle when he has his nose slashed by a feminist colleague, he is accused of murdering a goose, he suspects his wife of having an affair, and he confronts his long-lost father.
8) Chances are
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a new revelation: a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college circa the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today--Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press...
10) Somebody's fool
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool"--