RaveElleNo dirge, it's a bracing, full-tilt ride through 300 years of U.S. and Canadian history ... The novel has a satisfying global sweep, with the type of full-immersion plot that keeps you curled in your chair, reluctant to stop reading ... Societal change and dissolution are Proulx's recurrent themes, and in that respect in particular, Barkskins is a tour de force.
