Land

In 1865, not long after The Great Hunger ravaged the land and its people, skilled laborer Tomás and his son Liam traverse a remote part of Ireland, mapping the land for the British colonizers. But their work is thrown off course when Tomás stumbles into an enchanted copse—and comes out a changed man. In myriad inventive points of view (an unborn baby, the family dog, a skylark, a house), O’Farrell tracks the impacts as they tumble down through decades and across continents, changing the lives and fates of Tomás and his family. I relished the enchanting details: the intricacies of travel, the love of music, the maps. This is a stunner.