Grasslands

By Michael Hetherton

On a deserted prairie road, a middle-aged hunter encounters a stranded teenager who's running from one kind of trouble to another. A lonely ferry operator fantasizes about a Native girl and at the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550502247
• ISBN13: 9781550502244
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Coteau Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Lonely People in a Stark Landscape

Michael Hetherton's stories, set in southwestern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta, are beautifully-wrought and powerful, and make brilliant use of the prairie landscape as a backdrop for these stories about lonely people groping their way toward a limited connection with each other. Those who know this landscape intimately will find the stories especially affecting.

An impressive anthology of original stories

Grasslands is an impressive anthology of original stories by Michael Hetherton about alienation, private misery, and distant longing. Stranded teenagers, folks struggling to find meaning in their lives in absence of religious faith, and life amidst the spirit of the prairie landscape itself fill the pages of this timeless, poignant, literate, and highly recommended collection.