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Chargement... Lorsque le dernier arbre (2019)par Michael Christie
  
Top Five Books of 2020 (843) Books Read in 2020 (1,275) Books Read in 2021 (2,863) » 13 plus Books Read in 2022 (4,378) Time is out of joint (15) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) Dorothy2012 | Apr 22, 2024 |  Her ex-fiance (a lawyer) shows up and books a private tour with her to tell her she might actually “own” the island, given her family history and the history of the island (that is, it may be part of an inheritance for her). The book continues by backing up in time through a few generations of Greenwoods to when Jake’s grandmother was a baby… and one generation earlier in 1908 when Jake’s great-grandfather was a kid (along with his brother). The brothers were very different: Everett ended up a vagrant and in jail; Harris was hugely wealthy via his lumber business, cutting down all the beautiful trees that Jake loves so much. The bulk of the story followed Harris and Everett and that’s what I liked the best. Have to admit it took a short bit for me to get interested and to figure out what was happening and who the different characters were as we went back in time. I liked the way this one was done: we actually started in 2038, and gradually made our way to 1908 through the generations, then moved forward again back to 2038. ( ) LibraryCin | Dec 29, 2023 | As a physical object, the book was also a delight, with the edges of the pages shaded to resemble tree bark, and the rings of a tree demonstrating the story's time line. ( ) LynnB | Mar 24, 2023 | The writing is good - clear, flowing sentences that read well and convey the sense easily. The characters are mixed and varied and generally believable - although the slippery slope to substance abuse seems very overdone. I think it is the plot, and the way it is structured in the book, that troubled me. The plot is expansive and made convoluted by the structure of the book - the action takes place at different times over 130 years, with the periods jumbled - some later parts are presented while the details come much later in the book. This led me to be aware of what was going to happen,minus some of the details as to why they happened. This is a fairly standard device, but for some reason, I was less convinced and more annoyed than I should have been by the structure. But in the end the author brings things to a strong conclusion, and my appreciation grew significantly. (  ) mbmackay | Mar 13, 2023 |  ) Iudita | Jun 27, 2022 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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℗± Le temps ne va pas dans une direction donn©♭e. Il s'accumule, c'est tout - dans le corps, dans le monde -, comme le bois. Couche apr©·s couche. Claire, puis sombre. Chacune reposant sur la pr©♭c©♭dente, impossible sans celle d'avant. Chaque triomphe, chaque d©♭sastre inscrit pour toujours dans sa structure. ℗ D'un futur proche aux ann©♭es 1930, Michael Christie b©Øtit, © la mani©·re d'un architecte, la g©♭n©♭alogie d'une famille au destin assombri par les secrets et intimement li©♭ © celui des for©®ts.20382038. Les vagues ©♭pid©♭miques du Grand D©♭p©♭rissement ont d©♭cim©♭ tous les arbres et transform©♭ la plan©·te en d©♭sert de poussi©·re. L'un des derniers refuges est une ©ʼle bois©♭e au large de la Colombie-Britannique, qui accueille des touristes fortun©♭s venus admirer l'ultime for©®t primaire. Jacinda y travaille comme de guide, sans v©♭ritable espoir d'un avenir meilleur. Jusqu'au jour o©£ un ami lui apprend qu'elle serait la descendante de Harris Greenwood, un magnat du bois © la r©♭putation sulfureuse. Commence alors un r©♭cit foisonnant et prot©♭iforme dont les ramifications insoup©ʹonn©♭es font ©♭cho aux ©♭v©♭nements, aux drames et aux bouleversements qui ont fa©ʹonn©♭ notre monde. Que nous restera-t-il lorsque le dernier arbre aura ©♭t©♭ abattu ?Fresque familiale, roman social et ©♭cologique, ce livre aussi impressionnant qu'original fait de son auteur l'un des ©♭crivains canadiens les plus talentueux de sa g©♭n©♭ration. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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