When the Last Tree (American Land) (French Edition)

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"In a given direction time does not go. It just accumulates - in the body, in the world - like wood. Layer after layer. Light, then dark. Each resting on the previous, impossible without the one before. Every triumph, every disaster forever inscribed in its structure."

From a near future to the 1930s, Michael Christie constructs, like an architect, the genealogy of a family with a destiny overshadowed by secrets and intimately linked to that of the forests. In 2038, the epidemic waves of the Great Withering have decimated all trees and turned the planet into a dust desert. One of the last refuges is a wooded island off the coast of British Columbia, which welcomes wealthy tourists who come to admire the ultimate old-growth forest. Jacinda works there as a guide, with no real hope for a better future. Until a friend tells her that she may be descended from Harris Greenwood, a wood tycoon with a notorious reputation. Thus begins a rich and protean narrative whose unsuspected ramifications echo the events, dramas, and upheavals that have shaped our world. What will remain when the last tree has been felled?

A family saga, social and ecological novel, this impressive and original book establishes its author as one of the most talented Canadian writers of his generation. Palmarès des libraires 2021 - Livres Hebdo

What if the great American novel of this literary season came from Canada? With a sweeping narrative, numerous twists and turns, memorable characters, the small story within the larger one – it's all here. Page des libraires

A first novel in the spirit of Steinbeck. France Info

A masterful and epic novel. When the last tree is not read. It is devoured. La République du Centre

One word comes to mind at the end of this novel: impressive. Impressive in complexity, richness, subtlety, plausibility, perspective, control, maturity. Librairie Le Hall du livre

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