The Prairie Novels

by James Hoffmann, George Ryga, James Hoffman

James Hoffman, George Ryga's biographer, provides a brilliant guide to the reader of this collection, with a compelling reappraisal of Ryga's fiction as far ahead of its time. The three short novels included here-- Hungry Hills , Ballad of a Stonepicker and Night Desk --draw from the same large canvas of rural, depression-era Alberta. They have similar stark prairie settings and a recognizable array of colourful, cantankerous homesteader and dirt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088922501X
• ISBN13: 9780889225015
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.8"