by Annie Proulx · Harper Collins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007579327
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«Barkskins» is the historical novel by Annie Proulx, published by Harper Collins in paperback (736 pages, in English).
In the seventeenth century, René Sel and Charles Duquet arrive in New France as woodcutters in the service of a feudal lord. Duquet prospers in the fur trade; Sel's descendants remain between two cultures. The narrative follows both families over three hundred years, from the exploitation of the forests to possible ecological collapse.
The work was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 and nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2016 and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2017.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas, interested in the colonization of North America and the human impact on forests.
Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E. A. Proulx.
