Barkskins /
Proulx, Annie,
Barkskins / Bark skins Annie Proulx. - London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. - xii, 717 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Fic. Hardback.
Barkskins opens in New France in the late 18th century as Rene 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 Rene'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.
9780007232000 0007232004 9780007579327 (paperback) 9780008191764
Historical fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
Canada--History--17th century--Fiction.
Epic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
813.54
Barkskins / Bark skins Annie Proulx. - London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. - xii, 717 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Fic. Hardback.
Barkskins opens in New France in the late 18th century as Rene 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 Rene'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.
9780007232000 0007232004 9780007579327 (paperback) 9780008191764
Historical fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
Canada--History--17th century--Fiction.
Epic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
813.54
