North Woods: Read it once. Remember it forever.
Paperback Published on: 01/09/2024
£9.99
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This book whisked me up in a tornado of apples, golden leaves, and poetic tragedy.
Thank you to authors like Daniel Mason who have made me realise I actually am a literary fiction reader. After reading this book I am firmly in Autumn. Thi... READ MORE
Haunting in every sense of the word. A book that will stay with you.
A truly original book with a sweep of imagination and poetry that grips the reader and leads them forward through time. The story is anchored by a place, a... READ MORE
Puzzled
am really not sure why to make of this book, seems to be a lot of short stories patched together with a plot if land as its centre, then is it a ghost stor... READ MORE
Enchanting
‘North Woods’ is a fascinating and unique novel, with a structure that links short stories by their shared location. The use of nature writing further acce... READ MORE
A Masterpiece
I've really struggled to find fiction that I've enjoyed this year, but low and behold, 9 months in to 2024, this book saved me from a dramatic reading slum... READ MORE
North Woods
I was surprised by how easily this book flowed. Initially I expected to enjoy some but not all of the stories set around one house over hundreds of years, ... READ MORE
Synopsis
Four centuries. A single house deep in the woods of New England.
A young Puritan couple on the run. An English soldier with a fantastic vision. Inseparable twin sisters. A lovelorn painter and a lusty beetle. A desperate mother and her haunted son. A ruthless con man and a stalking panther. Buried secrets. Madness, dreams and hope.
All are connected. The dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
Exhilarating, daring and playful, North Woods will change the way you see the world.
- Publisher: John Murray Press
- ISBN: 9781399809306
- Number of pages: 384
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 190 x 126 x 30 mm