Barkskins
of Annie Proulx
Description
In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, RenĂ© Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a âseigneur,â for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cuttersâbarkskins. RenĂ© suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Miâkmaw 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 yearsâtheir travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditionsâthe 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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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 717 pages
- Publisher Scribner
- Publication Date June 14th 2016
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780743288781
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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