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\u2014\u201ca time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic\u201d (The Washington Post) from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. \u201cWith the expansiveness and immersive feeling of two-time Booker Prize nominee David Mitchell\u2019s fiction (Cloud Atlas), the wicked creepiness of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mason\u2019s bone-deep knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world that\u2019s on par with that of Thoreau, North Woods fires on all cylinders.\u201d\u2014San Francisco Chronicle New York Times Book Review Editors\u2019 Choice \u2022 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year 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\u2014only 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\u2019re 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\u2019re gone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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