Barkskins

Barkskins
First Scribner hardcover edition June 2016
AuthorAnnie Proulx
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages736 (first edition)
ISBN978-0-7432-8878-1
LC ClassPR3566.R697 B37 2016
WebsiteOfficial website

Barkskins is a 2016 novel by American writer Annie Proulx. It tells the story of two immigrants to New France, René Sel and Charles Duquet, and of their descendants. It spans over 300 years and witnesses the deforestation of the New World from the arrival of Europeans into the contemporary era of global warming.