Russo, Richard

Louis Lynch and his wife Sarah are preparing for the trip of a lifetime in Italy, where they hope to reconnect with one another and their oldest friend, a reclusive artist whose long-standing love for Sarah may threaten their vacation and their future together.

A collection of American short stories, originally published in 2009 and selected by editor Richard Russo, including work by writers such as Steve Almond, Charles Baxter, and Karen Russel.

A collection of seven short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.

Richard Russo discusses his life, family, and writing career.

A novel set in a small town in New York centering on the lives of a family that is down on its luck. Onetime high school star athlete Dallas Younger now spends his time gambling and drinking, while his ex-wife Anne battles with her mother over the care of her sick father. Meanwhile, their son, Randall, neglects his school work in the belief that it doesn't pay in his small town.

Miles Roby, called back from college to the small town of Empire Falls in Dexter County, Maine to take care of his ailing mother, falls into a rut that keeps him trapped until years later when a series of revelations and tragedies jolts him back into an awareness of his life.

Sixty-year-old Sully is down on his luck and has to deal with a landlady who wants him evicted, an estranged son who is headed down the same road as Sully, a neurotic ex-wife, unreasonable girlfriend, and the ghost of his own abusive father.