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The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Author David Guterson
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Knopf | Vintage
On sale Apr 30, 1996 | 176 Pages | 978-0-679-76718-3
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Like his novel, Snow Falling On Cedars, for which he received the PENFaulkner Award, Guterson's beautifully observed and emotionally piercing short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In these vast landscapes, hunting, fishing, and sports are the givens of men's lives. But although Guterson's characters go into the wilderness in search of mallards or silver trout, they discover other things instead: the decay of their youthful ardor; the motiveless cruelty of strangers; their own capacity for deception and grief.

"Brilliant.... Manages to address moral questions and much more with a supple grace that easily outshines the flashy emptiness of much short fiction."--Seattle Times
© Alan Berner
DAVID GUTERSON is the author of several novels: the national best seller Snow Falling on Cedars; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest, a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; The Other; and Ed King. He is also the author of two story collections, two books of poetry, a memoir, and the work of nonfiction Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Washington state. View titles by David Guterson

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Like his novel, Snow Falling On Cedars, for which he received the PENFaulkner Award, Guterson's beautifully observed and emotionally piercing short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In these vast landscapes, hunting, fishing, and sports are the givens of men's lives. But although Guterson's characters go into the wilderness in search of mallards or silver trout, they discover other things instead: the decay of their youthful ardor; the motiveless cruelty of strangers; their own capacity for deception and grief.

"Brilliant.... Manages to address moral questions and much more with a supple grace that easily outshines the flashy emptiness of much short fiction."--Seattle Times

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© Alan Berner
DAVID GUTERSON is the author of several novels: the national best seller Snow Falling on Cedars; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest, a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; The Other; and Ed King. He is also the author of two story collections, two books of poetry, a memoir, and the work of nonfiction Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Washington state. View titles by David Guterson

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