An edition of Barkskins (2016)

Barkskins

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An edition of Barkskins (2016)

Barkskins

Large Print edition.
  • 3.2 (6 ratings) ·
  • 12 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a "seigneur," for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters -- barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless, runs away from the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years -- their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditions -- the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over again, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.

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English
Pages
907

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Barkskins
Apr 11, 2017, Scribner, Fourth Estate
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Barkskins
2016, 4th Estate
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Barkskins
2016
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Barkskins
2016, Scribner
in English
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Barkskins: a novel
2016, Scribner
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Barkskins: A Novel
2016, Scribner
in English

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Edition Notes

Series
Thorndike Press large print core
Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3566.R697 B37 2016b

The Physical Object

Pagination
907 pages (large print)
Number of pages
907

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27220834M
Internet Archive
barkskins0000prou
ISBN 10
1410490890
ISBN 13
9781410490896
LCCN
2016015509
OCLC/WorldCat
944087615

Work Description

"Bark Skins open 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. 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. This is Proulx's most ambitious novel ever, and her master work"--

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