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Barkskins

Annie Proulx

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#3861 of 8,085 books · #618 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2016).

Barkskins opens in New France in the late 18th century as Renae Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. Bound to a 'seigneur' for three years in exchange for land, he suffers extraordinary hardship and violence, always in awe of the forest he is charged with clearing. In the course of this epic novel, Proulx tells the stories of Renae's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, as well as the descendants of his friends and foes, as they travel back to Europe, to China, to New England, always in quest of a livelihood or fleeing stunningly brutal conditions--war, pestilence, Indian attacks, the revenge of rivals. Proulx's inimitable genius is her creation of characters who are so vivid--in their greed, lust, vengefulness, or their simple compassion and hope--that we follow them with fierce attention.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
ISBN-13
9780743288781
Topics
Family saga across generationsColonization and exploitation of natureSurvival and hardship

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