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North Woods

Read It Once. Remember It Forever.

by Daniel Mason
language: english
Publisher: John Murray Press, August of 2024 ‧
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE 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 centuries—"a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.

When two 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 nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave—only to discover that the earth refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.

This magisterial and highly inventive novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness, humor and hope. Following the cycles of history, nature, and even language, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment, to history, and to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies, but a way of looking at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone?

"With the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell’s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason’s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that’s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders."—San Francisco Chronicle

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Chicago Public Library, The Star Tribune, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Bookreporter

Set in a single home in the forests of Massachusetts, the interconnecting stories ofthis enthralling novel span four centuries. A timely musing on what and who are lostto history. - Economist, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

My novel of the year . . . An absolute feast of American political, agricultural, religious, culinary and social history built around the people, animals and plants that occupy one lush spot in the New England countryside over centuries, it's a little piece of magic - Sunday Independent, Best Novels of 2023

Daniel Mason's latest novel is one of those rare books that truly deserves the description "spellbinding" - Observer

Epic . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat - Guardian, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

This is a brave and original book, which invents its own form. It is both intimate and epic, playful and serious. To read it is to travel to the limits of what the novel can do - Guardian

Mason teases out the joy and meaning in the sometimes small lives of his characters. 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 - Antonia Senior, The Times

Creates a tale of sensory obsession to rank with Patrick Suskind's Perfume . . . Shows us what is possible when a writer lets his hair down - Financial Times

'This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic . . . The only constants are the land and Mason's genius' - Washington Post

Adopting a variety of styles and literary forms, and written in elegant prose, this is a virtuosoperformance. All human life and nature is here. Truly outstanding - Mail on Sunday

Deliciously chimeric - Telegraph

Stunning - Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month

Narrative expertise is supported by rich characterisation: in chapter after chapter, Mason swiftly realises his compelling, varied cast . . . It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single tale. He links their stories together with a satisfying subtlety that never fails to surprise and delight . . . and he brings well-earned surprises that had me, on more than one occasion, gasping with shock - Sunday Times

Mason may not yet be a household name, but his readers tend to be evangelical about his talent - and little wonder . . . Mason has the born storyteller's gift of knowing how to reignite your interest in a new scenario even as you're mourning the one just gone - Daily Mail

North Woods

Read It Once. Remember It Forever.

by Daniel Mason

Property Description
ISBN: 9781399809306
Publisher: John Murray Press
Release Date: August of 2024
Language: English
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 23 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 384
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9781399809306

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Faltam-me palavras para descrever o quanto gostei deste livro, é uma experiência de leitura fantástica. O livro conta-nos a história das pessoas que moram numa casa na floresta do Massachussets e percorre mais de 4 séculos. É como uma coleção de contos, mas que acabam por estar interligados: romance, cartas, canções, true crime, sobrenatural, descrições vívidas da natureza, o livro tem tudo. Gostei de todas as histórias, mas o que mais adorei foi a escrita, lírica e ao mesmo tempo engraçada. Um dos meus livros preferidos do ano!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Mason

Daniel Mason received his bachelor's degree in Biology from Harvard and spent a year studying malaria on the Burmese-Thailand border, where a large part of *The Piano Tuner*, his first novel, was written. He is currently studying Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, while finishing a new novel that will feature Pedro Álvares Cabral as the protagonist.

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