
Barkskins
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Robert Petkoff
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De:
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Annie Proulx
Now a television mini-series airing on National Geographic May 2020!
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain comes the New York Times best-selling epic about the demise of the world’s forests.
“Barkskins is grand entertainment in the tradition of Dickens and Tolstoy…the crowning achievement of Annie Proulx’s distinguished career, but also perhaps the greatest environmental novel ever written.” (San Francisco Chronicle).
In the late 17th century, two young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord 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 native woman and their descendants live trapped between two cultures. But Duquet runs away, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Annie Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over 300 years — their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand — the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.
“A stunning, bracing, full-tilt ride through three hundred years of US and Canadian history…with the type of full-immersion plot that keeps you curled in your chair, reluctant to stop reading” (Elle), Barkskins showcases Proulx’s inimitable genius of creating characters who are so vivid that we follow them with fierce attention.
“This is Proulx at the height of her powers as an irreplaceable American voice” (Entertainment Weekly, Grade A), and Barkskins “is an awesome monument of a book” (The Washington Post) — “the masterpiece she was meant to write” (The Boston Globe).
As Anthony Doerr says, “This magnificent novel possesses the dark humor of The Shipping News and the social awareness of Brokeback Mountain."
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I had a difficult time keeping up with all of the blood lines that were introduced as the tale unfolded, but I understood enough to appreciate the author's writing skills.
The bottom line is that it was an informative and highly worthwhile read. I've already recommended this book to many of my friends. Barkskins is a meaningful precursor to the earth changes we're now experiencing, especially in America.
More than a novel
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Six stars to the excellenta reader. Hope to hear him again!
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A masterpiece.
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If you could sum up Barkskins in three words, what would they be?
Warm, concise, adventurousWhat did you like best about this story?
The description of the Indians - they're lives - their culture , their mysteriousnessHave you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have not heard other performances by him, but he is a phenomenal narrator - gifted with all the different accents!!Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
BothGreat book!
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Immense and breathtaking
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Deep, darkly educational
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