Shadow Country
National Book Award for Fiction · 2008 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for FictionFiction | 2008 | Winner |
About This Book
A complete revision of Matthiessen's Watson Trilogy into a single massive novel about Edgar J. Watson, a cane farmer in the Florida Everglades at the turn of the twentieth century who may or may not have been a murderer, told through multiple conflicting perspectives of those who knew him. A towering achievement of American historical fiction.
About the Author
Peter MatthiessenAmerican
Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014) was an American novelist and naturalist. Born in New York City, he studied at Yale University and was a co-founder of The Paris Review in 1953 while in Paris, where he also worked as a CIA agent—a fact he later revealed. He was an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and a deeply committed environmentalist and political activist. Read more →
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