The Whore’s Child, and Other Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Russo
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to 2002
- Setting: North America
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Husbands, North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Wives, Twentieth century, Marriage, Twenty-first century, 1980’s, 1990’s, Self-revelations, 2000’s
- Locales: North America
Richard Russo’s rise to prominence in the American literary world is a success story that gives one hope that serious fiction writing still has a future. After producing four novels that generated a good deal of critical enthusiasm but only modest commercial success, Russo finally broke free of the pack with Empire Falls (2001), his big-hearted Pulitzer Prize- winning tale about the decaying fortunes of small town America, the anguish of parenthood, and the persistence of faith. While the publication only a year later of The Whore’s Child is not likely to establish...
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