02729cam a2200529 i 4500 91619632 TxAuBib 20050513120000.0 040302s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004043310 9780060722289 0060722282 (OCoLC)54685807 TxAuBib rda Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- The falls [Print] : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, 2004. xiv, 481 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Niagara Falls, New York (United States, 1950), The United States of America. 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). 20050513. Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2005), Prix Femina for Étranger (2005), Book Sense Book of the Year Award | Nominee | Adult Fiction | 2005. Suicide victims Fiction. Women Fiction. Waterfalls Fiction. Widows Fiction. Family relationships Fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont) Fiction. Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y) Fiction. Niagara Falls (N.Y) Fiction. New York (State) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. FICTION / Romance / Historical - 20th Century. FICTION / Historical / General. FICTION / Gothic. FICTION / Disaster. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Romance / New Adult. FICTION / Women. FICTION / Psychological. TXTLL