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Russell Banks is a New York State author who has been churning out best sellers for years. Thanks to the Friends of Folsom Library, his brand new novel Lost Memory of Skin is available in the Class of ’96 Reading Room as are two DVDs of feature films which were adapted from his books and received widespread critical acclaim: James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Nick Nolte was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for their roles in “Affliction;” “The Sweet Hereafter” won three awards, including the Grand Prix and the International Critics Award. (See Affliction (the book), Affliction (the movie), The Sweet Hereafter (the book), and The Sweet Hereafter (the movie).)
Banks was on campus several years ago as the featured novelist for the McKinney Contest event (which The Friends have been co-sponsoring for years). I was fortunate to meet Russell and he is a fabulous guy. I strongly recommend you try him out. I’ve listed my five favorite Banks books below.
Bob Mayo
Director, Rensselaer Libraries
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New York Times Book Reviews:
Affliction (1989)
Cloudsplitter (1998)
Lost Memory of Skin (2011)
Rule of the Bone (1995)
The Sweet Hereafter (1991)
Trailerpark (1981)
Russell Banks' Facebook Page
Russell Banks (Wikipedia)
Trailerpark (1981)
Russell Banks' Facebook Page
Russell Banks (Wikipedia)
Two of Banks' novels have been made into excellent movies: Paul Schrader's "Affliction", and Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter". Both are available in the DVD section of Folsom Library through the generosity of the Friends.
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