


This poignant novel, originally published in French in 1935, is a lyrical evocation of the beauty, the harshness, and the tragedy of pioneering life. Based on the author's own experience of homesteading in northern Alberta at the beginning of the twentieth century, the novel...

In this tale of a young French couple's struggle to survive as settlers in a seemingly hostile wilderness, Bugnet reveals an acute awareness of nature and presents it with great force and originality.

Originally published in French as La for t in 1935, Georges Bugnet's The Forest is a lyrical and haunting portrait of pioneering life in northern Alberta. Drawing on Bugnet's own experience as a homesteader, the novel captures both the promise of the Canadian...