Additional Resources for The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks

The Sweet Hereafter Further Reading

Banks, Russell, Affliction, Harper, 1990.

Considered one of Banks's most important novels,
Affliction tells the story of Wade Whitehouse, a divorced
man who lives in a trailer, drinks, and succeeds
only in alienating his daughter. By delving into
Whitehouse's personal history, Banks shows how the
pain in his past destroys his present. Affliction was
adapted to a film of the same title in 1998.

———, The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks, Harper, 2000.

This volume collects thirty-seven years of short fiction
by Russell Banks. Although some characters appear
in more than one story, this collection is not
meant to be a broad view of a single setting, as in
Banks's Trailerpark.

———, Trailerpark, Houghton, 1981.

This collection of short fiction introduces the reader
to the various members of Granite State Trailerpark.
The inhabitants are a colorful cast of characters
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