Daniel Mason
Led by presenter James Naughtie, the American writer, Daniel Mason, takes questions from a Bookclub audience about his 2023 novel, North Woods.
Led by presenter James Naughtie, the American writer, Daniel Mason, takes questions from a Bookclub audience about his 2023 novel, North Woods.
North Woods is the story of a house and a plot of land in Massachusetts. It spans four centuries and takes in various characters, both human and animal, who find themselves, for whatever reason, encountering the space. Whether it's a young Puritan couple on the run, or an English soldier, or inseparable twin sisters or even a rampant beetle - all are connected in this very layered and beautifully rendered novel, which was named as one of the top ten books of 2023 by The New York Times.
Daniel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2021 for his collection of short stories, A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth.
This episode was recorded at the 麻豆社 Scotland studios in Glasgow.
Producer: Dominic Howell
Editor: Gillian Wheelan
This was a 麻豆社 Audio Scotland production.
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