North Woods

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR ΓÇó FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England,told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuriesΓÇöΓÇ£a time-spanninggenre-blurring work of storytelling magicΓÇ¥ (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. ΓÇ£With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David MitchellΓÇÖs fiction (Cloud Atlas)the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poeand MasonΓÇÖs bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world thatΓÇÖs on par with that of ThoreauNorth Woods fires on all cylinders.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöSan Francisco Chronicle New York Times Book Review EditorsΓÇÖ Choice ΓÇó A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TimeThe Boston GlobeNPRChicago Public LibraryThe Star TribuneThe EconomistThe Christian Science MonitorReal SimpleKirkus ReviewsPublishers WeeklyLibrary JournalBookreporter When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colonylittle do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldierdestined for gloryabandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famineenvy and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass graveΓÇöonly to discover that the earth refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn paintera sinister con mana stalking panthera lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around themthey begin to realize that the darkraucousbeautiful past is very much alive. This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madnesshumor and hope. Following the cycles of historynatureand even languageNorth Woods shows the myriadmagical ways in which weΓÇÖre connected to our environmentto historyand to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destiniesbut a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live oneven after weΓÇÖre gone?