Harvard Book Club - North Woods
by American Author Daniel Mason, publication date 2023
Monday, July 27th 2026
7:30 pm to 9:00 CDT by Zoom
A historical novel spanning some 400 years, a story of a single isolated yellow house (an important detail) in western Massachusetts. A Little House on the Prairie it is not.
The book's fame and challenge is the unconventional structure. Instead of following a single protagonist, it reflects multiple genres, using letters, diaries, poems. The house is occupied by a diverse set of characters, human and non-human, living and dead - who do not depart.
The short summary: ".... it blends human history with the cycles of the natural world...." from the New York Times. Also from the NYT, named one of the 10 best books of 2023. Having read it in 2024 and reread it in 2025, it is one of the 10 best books over a span of several years.
Comments are welcome to dorothymarden52@gmail.com
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Noteworthy, the Classic Fiction Book Club has expanded to include non-classics and non-fiction and is now called the Harvard Book Club.
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