![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Falls at Niagara, comprising the American, the Bridal Veil and the enormous Horseshoe falls, exert upon a proportion of the human population, perhaps as many as forty percent (of adults), an uncanny effect called the hydracropsychic. Clearly the power of the falls are paramount to the tension of the book. After the harrowing and detailed description of the suicide, the almighty power of the falls captivates and terrifies its audience. Set in the 1950s, near Oates' own hometown in Niagara Falls, our heroine Ariah Littrell is widowed on her disastrous wedding night when her new husband, (a homosexual minister) commits suicide by throwing himself into Niagara Falls. Joyce Carol Oates' enigmatic new novel, The Falls, is part historical thriller, part dysfunctional family portrait. Themes and Threads: "The Falls" by Joyce Carol Oatesīy Heather McElhatton, Minnesota Public Radio Join the conversation with other MPR listeners in the News Forum. ![]()
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