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

2021 Palmarès The 100 Books of the Year by Lire Magazine

"The time doesn't flow in a given direction. It accumulates, that's all - in the body, in the world - like wood. Layer upon layer. Clear, then dark. Each resting on the previous one, 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 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 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 primary forest. Jacinda works there as a guide, with no real hope of a better future. Until a friend informs her that she might be the descendant of Harris Greenwood, a notorious lumber magnate. Thus begins a rich and multifaceted narrative whose unsuspected ramifications echo the events, tragedies, and upheavals that have shaped our world. What will remain when the last tree has been felled?

Family epic, social and ecological novel, this impressive and original book makes its author one of the most talented Canadian writers of his generation. 2021 Booksellers' Awards - Livres Hebdo

What if the great American novel of this literary season came from Canada? The breath, numerous twists and turns, memorable characters, the small story within the large. It's all there. Librarians' page

A first novel in the footsteps of Steinbeck. France Info

A masterful and epic novel. When the last tree is not read. It's devoured. La République du Centre

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

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