Common Good Books presents an afternoon with Will Weaver, the Minnesotan author best known for his short story collection, A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories, which spawned the adaptation into the independent feature film, Sweet Land. Weaver will be reading from his latest book, The Last Hunter: An American Family Album.
Weaver has been a hunter since he was a young boy, following in the footsteps of his father, a dedicated and seasoned outdoorsman. Hunting frames Weaver's childhood memories, his relationship with his father, and his own definition of self. And although one side of his family lineage includes men who would not hunt, or go to war, or carry a rifle, Weaver is caught off guard when his son and daughter show no interest in upholding the tradition of the hunt.
"The Last Hunter "is a twenty-first-century collection of deeply personal tales--a truly American story. Weaver's heartfelt rendering sweeps us along on a family journey from an isolated North Dakota farm "built around a fork and shovel" to postmodern America. Grounded in telling and luminous detail, "The Last Hunter "is an examination of family, life on the land, and those things we hold dear enough to want to carry along, one generation to another.
