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The Falls

Joyce Carol Oates

Paperback | Pages: 512 pages

Rating: 3.58 | 9585 Users | 914 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Falls
ISBN:	0060722290 (ISBN13: 9780060722296)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Gilbert Erskine, Ariah Juliet Littrell, Reverend Thaddeus Littrell, Dirk Burnaby, Royall Burnaby, Chandler Burnaby, Juliet Burnaby, Reginald Burnaby, Clyde Colborne, Buzz Fitch, Claudine Burnaby, Nina Olshaker, Stroughton Howell, Bud Stonecrop
Literary Awards:	Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2005), Prix Femina for Étranger (2005)

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It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine's young husband throws himself into the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. Ariah, "the Widow Bride of the Falls," begins a relentless seven-day vigil in the mist, waiting for his body to be found. At her side is confirmed bachelor and pillar of the community Dirk Burnaby, who is unexpectedly drawn to this plain, strange woman. What follows is a passionate love affair, marriage, and family--a seemingly perfect existence. But the tragedy by which they were thrown together begins to shadow them, damaging their idyll with distrust, greed, and even murder.

Set against the mythic-historic backdrop of Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century, this haunting exploration of the American family in crisis is a stunning achievement from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation).

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Title	:	The Falls
Author	:	Joyce Carol Oates
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	August 2nd 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literary Fiction

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Not exactly the kind of story I usually read but it is good to read "beyond" one's immediate pleasures--and this novel by Oates is an example of why that's a good idea. And I know I will return to Oates every once in a while, since I enjoy her distinct voice and style.The title "The Falls" is well chosen, as it covers the layered "falls" herein. On the surface it is, obviously a reference to the Niagara Falls, where just about the whole story takes place, but it also covers the various kinds of

The terrible, wonderful appeal of a raging waterfall: you can cross above it, brave acrobat... you can lose yourself in it, angst and sadness begone, your body falling into something greater than the cares that weigh you down... you can wait beside it, a spectral vision of mourning and tragedy, a local icon for tourists to gape at, waiting for that body, waiting for the falls to rebirth its lonely suicide as it always eventually will... you can live next to it, next to its tamer parts, the

A tale whose theme is resurgent in this age where industrial pollution and climate change are high on everyones mind. Niagara Falls in the 60s may have been the Love Capital of America but it was also the home of Love Canal, the most polluted industrial site that erupted and exposed the evil underbelly of crony capitalism.And yet this novel begins (and ends) as a love story: a young headstrong woman, Ariah Erskine, and her pastor husband who is hiding the secret of his sexuality go to the Falls

Joyce Carol Oates expertly takes cultural icons and important events and builds novels around them that seem vividly real--as they could very well be.The Falls is actually several stories all wrapped into one novel. First, we meet Ariah Erksine, a newlywed whose husband commits suicide the morning after their wedding night by getting up early, racing to the falls, and plunging in. This is the strange event that gets the novel going. JCO is very good at this; many of her novels begin with events

My first JCO book and possibly my last. Some great ideas and stunning imagery, but The Falls got on my nerves pretty fast. Oates' pen tends to linger for pages (and pages and pages)on events that other writers would condense into one or two sentences. In particular, the play-by-play on hotel staff handling a woman whose husband just threw himself into Niagara Falls was excruciating. That Oates intermittently punctuates her descriptions by italicizing the mostly cliched inner thoughts of her

This book was given to me as a gift, otherwise I would have never had it in my home, especially after reading "We Were the Mulvaneys" which I found to be an equally horrible read. I felt a little compelled to read this because it is set in the Niagra area, where I have visited many times.There are two main problems with this book, and they permeate the book unfortunately. The first is that Oates' characters are not in any way genuine. Their reactions, motivations, what they say and do all ring

"The Falls" is an expertly crafted plate of liver and onions, unappetizing despite the skill it took to prepare.This is the second (very long) Joyce Carol Oates book I have disliked. The author is so clearly talented, but her work so far has left me cold.