The Prowler
Kristjana Gunnars
McNally–Robinson Manitoba Book of the Year Award
Fiction / Literary
112 pages • 4 1/2 x 7 3/4"
ISBN 0–88995–042–3 paper • CDN 12.95 • US 10.95

A powerful postmodern novel combining the elements of a psychological thriller with the history of a people trapped by landscape and politics. A poetically charged text prowls the isolation and heartbreak of a girl growing up in Iceland in the post-war years, and her later experiences as an immigrant in North America. What emerges is a widening mystery of origins in which every word becomes a clue to the unspoken.

Reviews
"A quiet persistent beauty sets this work of fiction apart . . . vivid and magical language . . . disturbing and powerful."
–Windsor Star