North Woods
€13.18
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and inhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave – only to discover that the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister conman, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: as each inhabitant confronts the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realise that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
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A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE. READ IT ONCE, REMEMBER IT FOREVER.
'North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal' Maggie O'Farrell
OVER FOUR CENTURIES,
'This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic . . . The only constants are the land and Mason's genius' Washington Post
A SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND
'Dazzling . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat . . . Brave and original . . . intimate and epic, playful and serious' Guardian
IS HOME TO RUNAWAYS AND VISIONARIES, INSEPARABLE TWINS, A LOVELORN PAINTER, A DESPERATE MOTHER AND A RUTHLESS CON-MAN.
'It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single tale' Sunday Times
IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD.
'North Woods has been heaped with praise and hype, and deservedly so. This is a book that treats life as a miracle and demands the proper awe from its readers' The Times
Additional information
| Weight | 600 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19 × 12.6 × 3 cm |
| Book_author | Mason, Daniel |
| Publisher | John Murray |
| Imprint | John Murray |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 384 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
