<p>''<i>North Woods </i>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<br><br><b>OVER FOUR CENTURIES,</b><br><br> ''This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic. . . The only constants are the land and Mason''s genius'' <i>Washington Post </i><br><br><b>A SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND</b><br><br> ''Dazzling . . . weaves a <i>Cloud Atlas</i>-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat . . . Brave and original . . . intimate and epic, playful and serious''<i> Guardian</i><br><b><br> IS HOME TO RUNAWAYS AND VISIONARIES, INSEPARABLE TWINS, A LOVELORN PAINTER, A DESPERATE MOTHER AND A RUTHLESS CON-MAN.</b><br><br> ''It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single ta