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 |