North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal. I loved it.
Maggie O'Farrell

A sweeping novel about the transformation of a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabited it across the centuries-a daring, moving tale of memory and fate from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner.

Over four centuries, a single house deep in the woods of New England is home to runaways and visionaries, inseparable twins, a lovelorn painter, a desperate mother and a ruthless con-man. It will change the way you see the world.

'This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic. . . The only constants are the land and Mason's genius'
Washington Post

'Dazzling . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat . . . Brave and original . . . intimate and epic, playful and serious'
Guardian

'It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single tale' Sunday Times

'North Woods has been heaped with praise and hype, and deservedly so. This is a book that treats life as a miracle and demands the proper awe from its readers'
The Times