When the Last Tree (Land of America) (French Edition)

The 2021 Best 100 Books of the Year by Lire magazine

"Time does not progress in a given direction. It accumulates, that's all - in the body, in the world - like wood. Layer upon layer. Light, then dark. Each reliant on the previous, impossible without the one before. Every triumph, every disaster forever imprinted in its structure." From the near future to the 1930s, Michael Christie constructs, as an architect, the genealogy of a family whose destiny is darkened by secrets and intimately linked to that of the forests.

1. The epidemic waves of the Great Withering have decimated all trees and transformed the planet into a dusty desert. One of the last refuges is a wooded island off the coast of British Columbia, which hosts 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 is the descendant of Harris Greenwood, a notorious timber magnate. Thus begins a rich and multifaceted narrative whose unsuspected ramifications echo the events, tragedies, and upheavals that have shaped our world. What will be left when the last tree has been felled?

A family fresco, a social and ecological novel, this impressive and original book establishes its author as one of the most talented Canadian writers of his generation. 2021 Booksellers' Bestsellers - Livres Hebdo

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

A debut novel in the footsteps 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, mastery, maturity. Hall du livre Bookstore

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