Damnation Spring

“Probably the best novel I’ll read this year. It’s about work and love and characters who ring true.” 

—Stephen King

 

"A glorious book—an assured novel that’s gorgeously told... Redwoods have been plundered by humans, damaged in fires and taken down in floods, but they’re also incredibly resilient. And as characters in Davidson’s graceful rendering remind us, humans are equally resilient. After great loss, they, too, can keep growing."

—The New York Times Book Review

 

"With great empathy and care, Davidson demonstrates how competing values play out against a backdrop of climate change in America."

—The New Yorker

 

“An ambitious debut [that] gains momentum as Davidson pulls together its foundational concepts— family, work, honor, and loyalty. Damnation Spring is full of surprises.”

—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

"This story runs as clear as the mountain streams that draw salmon back to spawn... Damnation Spring joins Richard Powers’s Overstory and Annie Proulx’s Barkskins in a growing collection of epic novels about our interactions with trees."

—The Washington Post