
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
International Dublin Literary Award · 2025 · ShortlistNational Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) · 2023 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2025 | Shortlist |
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A single tract of New England land and its inhabitants are traced across four centuries, from a pair of Puritan runaways to the present day. A polyphonic, formally inventive novel about American history and the natural world. NBCC Fiction finalist 2023.
About the Author
Daniel Mason is an American novelist and physician, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a fellow in the Program in the History of Science and Medicine. His fiction explores the intersections of medicine, history, and consciousness. The Piano Tuner (2002), his debut novel set in British Burma in the 1880s, was an international bestseller translated into twenty-eight languages. Read more →
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