North Woods (read It Once. Remember It Forever.)

By (author) Mason Daniel
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A spellbinding masterpiece. ''I loved it'' Maggie O''Farrell
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🍃 A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE. READ IT ONCE, REMEMBER IT FOREVER. 🍃

''North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal'' Maggie O''Farrell

OVER FOUR CENTURIES,

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

A SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND

''Dazzling . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat . . . Brave and original . . . intimate and epic, playful and serious'' Guardian

IS HOME TO RUNAWAYS AND VISIONARIES, INSEPARABLE TWINS, A LOVELORN PAINTER, A DESPERATE MOTHER AND A RUTHLESS CON-MAN.

''It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single tale'' Sunday Times

IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD.

''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'' The Times

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Set in a single home in the forests of Massachusetts, the interconnecting stories of
this enthralling novel span four centuries. A timely musing on what and who are lost
to history.

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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
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Daniel Mason''s latest novel is one of those rare books that truly deserves the description "spellbinding"
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Epic . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat
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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
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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
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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
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''This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic . . . The only constants are the land and Mason''s genius''
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Adopting a variety of styles and literary forms, and written in elegant prose, this is a virtuoso
performance. All human life and nature is here. Truly outstanding

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Deliciously chimeric
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Stunning
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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-earn