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New York Times Book Review \;Editors' Choice - \;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\, ge nre-blurring work of storytelling magic" (The Washington Post) \;from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of "The Piano Tuner" and "The Winte r Soldier."
\nWhen two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony\, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the h ome of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier\, destined for glory\, abandons the battlefields of th e 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 an cient 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 th em\, they begin to realize that the dark\, raucous\, beautiful past is ver y much alive. \;
\nThis magisterial and highly inventive novel f rom Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness\, hum or and hope. Following the cycles of history\, nature\, and even language\ , \;North Woods \;shows the myriad\, magical ways in which we're c onnected to our environment\, to history\, and to one another. It is not j ust an unforgettable novel about secrets and destinies\, but a way of look ing at the world that asks the timeless question: How do we live on\, even after we're gone?
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