Jan 8, 2009
The Falls | The Falls
At a glance:
- Author: George Saunders
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: A town on the fictional Taganac River, somewhere in the United States
- Principal Characters: Morse, Ruth, Robert, Annie, Aldo Cummings
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Reality, Fantasy, Rivers or waterways, Success or failure, 1990’s, Sacrifice, Lifesaving, Rescue
- Locales: United States
The Story
“The Falls” moves back and forth between the third-person perspectives of
two men—Morse, a self-doubting, apprehensive family man, and Aldo Cummings, a
writer who feels sure the world will someday discover him and accord him the acclaim he feels
he is due. Most of the story takes place in the minds of the men as they stroll along the Taganac
River, until an event unfolds that snaps each of the men from his self-absorption.
The story opens with Morse walking home past the St. Jude Catholic school. The reader is
quickly introduced to the state of Morse's...
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