. . "Hunting & Fishing." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind" . . "The country ahead of us, the country behind" . "The country ahead of us, the country behind"@en . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Consists of short stories set largely in the Pacific Northwest. Guterson's characters go into the wilderness in search of mallards or silver trout, but discover other things instead: the decay of their youthful ardor; the motiveless cruelty of strangers; their own capacity for deception and grief."@en . . "Pacific Northwest." . . "Northwest, Pacific" . . "Dilemmas of Live." . .