{"product_id":"the-country-ahead-of-us-the-country-behind-paperback","title":"The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Guterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Falling on Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e--a beautifully observed and emotionally piercing collection of short stories that \"center[s] on men in the Pacific Northwest, characters whose emotions are sometimes as isolated as the landscape\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike his novel, \u003ci\u003eSnow Falling On Cedars, \u003c\/i\u003efor which he received the PEN\/Faulkner Award, Guterson's short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In these vast landscapes, hunting, fishing, and sports are the givens of men's lives. With prose that stings like the scent of gunpowder, this is a collection of power.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike his PEN\/Faulkner Award-winning national bestseller, Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson's beautifully observed and emotionally piercing short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In those 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID GUTERSON is the author of a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind; Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense; Snow Falling on Cedars, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 1995 PEN\/Faulkner Award, the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Award, and was an international bestseller; and the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eEast of the Mountains.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752187592992,"sku":"9780679767183","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d9b8bf6c4e9ab8c7a541fb4b1e962290.webp?v=1779989555","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-country-ahead-of-us-the-country-behind-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}