num_pages: 181
description: By the author of "Snow Falling On Cedars", this collection of short stories are mainly narrated by older men, recounting the wrong turns and lost opportunities that have occurred in their lives. They remember their mistakes, their lies and their first loves with intense and lingering recollections.
language: English
title: The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind
titlecomplete: The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind
genres: Literature, American, Collections, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Short Stories, Fiction, The United States Of America, Contemporary
ratings_count: 828
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Bloomsbury