Last Tree (Earth of America) (French Edition)

Top 100 Books of the Year from Lire Magazine 2021

"The time does not move in one given direction. It accumulates, that's all - in the body, in the world -, like wood. Layer after layer. Clear, then dark. Each one resting on the previous, impossible without the one before. Every triumph, every disaster forever inscribed in its structure."From the near future to the 1930s, Michael Christie constructs, like an architect, the genealogy of a family whose destiny is shrouded in secrets and intimately linked to that of the forests.2038. The epidemic waves of the Great Decline have decimated all the trees and turned the planet into a desert of dust. One of the last refuges is a wooded island off the coast of British Columbia, which attracts wealthy tourists who come to admire the ultimate old-growth forest. Jacinda works there as a tour guide, with little hope of a better future. Until a friend informs her that she may be the descendant of Harris Greenwood, a notorious lumber magnate. Thus begins a rich and protean narrative whose unsuspected ramifications echo the events, the tragedies, and the upheavals that have shaped our world. What will remain when the last tree is felled?

A family mural, social and ecological novel, this book, as impressive as it is original, establishes its author as one of the most talented Canadian writers of his generation. Bookseller Bestsellers 2021 - Livres Hebdo

What if the great American novel of this literary season came from Canada? The breath, numerous twists, memorable characters, the little story within the grand. It's all there. Page des libraires

A debut novel in the footsteps of Steinbeck. France Info

A masterful and epic novel. When the Last Tree is not to be read. It is to be devoured. La République du Centre

One word is necessary to conclude this novel: impressive. Impressive in complexity, richness, subtlety, credibility, perspective, mastery, maturity. Librairie Le Hall du livre

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