Arcadia: A Novel
Autor Lauren Groffen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2016
"Timeless and vast... The raw beauty of Ms. Groff's prose is one of the best things aboutArcadia. But it is by no means this book's only kind of splendor."---Janet Maslin,The New York Times
"Even the most incidental details vibrate with lifeArcadiawends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in."---Ron Charles,The Washington Post
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.Arcadiafollows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday. Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, the charismatic leader; his wife, Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He falls in love with Helle, Handy's lovely, troubled daughter. And eventually he must face the world beyond Arcadia.
InArcadia, Groff displays her literary gifts to stunning effect.
"Fascinating."---People(****)
"It's not possible to write any better without showing off."---Richard Russo, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelEmpire Falls
"Dazzling."---Vogue
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316434706
ISBN-10: 0316434701
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 0316434701
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
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Notă biografică
Lauren
Groffis
the
author
ofThe
Monsters
of
Templeton,shortlisted
for
the
Orange
Prize
for
New
Writers;Delicate
Edible
Birds,
a
collection
of
short
stories;
andFates
and
Furies,
a
National
Book
Award
finalist.
Her
writing
has
appeared
inThe
New
Yorker,TheAtlantic
Monthly,Harper's,Tin
House,One
Story,
McSweeney's,
andPloughshares,
and
in
the
anthologies100
Years
of
the
Best
American
Short
Stories,The
Pushcart
Prize:
Best
of
the
Small
Presses,PEN/O.Henry
Prize
Stories,
and
three
editions
ofThe
Best
American
Short
Stories.
She
lives
in
Gainesville,
Florida,
with
her
husband
and
two
sons.
Recenzii
"[Lauren
Groff]
has
taken
a
quaint,
easily
caricatured
community
and
given
it
true
universality
.
.
.
And
a
book
that
might
have
been
small,
dated
and
insular
winds
up
feeling
timeless
and
vast.
The
raw
beauty
of
Ms.
Groff's
prose
is
one
of
the
best
things
about
"Arcadia."
But
it
is
by
no
means
this
book's
only
kind
of
splendor."—Janet
Maslin,The
New
York
Times
"Lauren Groff's first book was a wonder and a delight What a happy relief to discover Groff's second novel is even better [thanThe Monsters of Templeton]. Not every young writer lives up to the promise of a first book, but Groff has exceeded expectations. Riveting."—Miami Herald
"[A] beautifully crafted novel Groff's second novel, after the well-receivedThe Monsters of Templeton(2008), gives full rein to her formidable descriptive powers, as she summons both the beauty of striving for perfection and the inevitable devastation of failing so miserably to achieve it."—Booklist(Starred Review)
"Groff's beautiful prose make this an unforgettable read."—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review)
"I was constantly torn between wanting to gulp down this book or savor its lines. Even the most incidental details vibrate with life. . . . Groff's miracle is to record the death of the fantasy but then show how the residue of affection can persist and, given the right soil, sprout again. Arcadia wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in."—Ron Charles,The Washington Post
"Richly peopled and ambitious and oh, so lovely, Lauren Groff'sArcadiais one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time. It's not possible to write any better without showing off."—Richard Russo, author of the novelThat Old Cape Magicand the Pulitzer Prize-winningEmpire Falls
"PartStone Diaries, partLord of the Flies, part something out of a Shakespearean tragedy, Lauren Groff'sArcadiais so uniquely absorbing that you finish it as if waking from a dream. Groff is one of our most talented writers, andArcadiaone of the most revelatory, magical, and ambitious novels I've read in years."—Kate Walbert, author of theNew York Timesbestselling novelA Short History of Women
"Arcadia feels true, as do the characters who populate this extraordinary novel, which lingers on passing moments in time and highlights the importance of place in preserving not only our memories, but also ourselves."—Hannah Tinti, author of the bestselling and award-winning novelThe Good Thief
"Lauren Groff's honed prose dazzles. WithArcadia, Groff has crafted a fresh novel out of an old literary theme - you can't go home again - by focusing on a protagonist who never stops trying to do so."—Dallas Morning News
"****"—People
"Lauren Groff's second novel,Arcadia, is so tenderly moving it actually swells the heart."—New York Daily News
"Arcadiabuilds its power in a subtle cumulative way. Somehow the author manages an epic sweep with her narrative, yet one that also feels intimate and concentrated [Groff] offers an ending that's both tragic and hopeful..."—Newsday
"A moving look at the value of human connection in a scary, chaotic world."—Entertainment Weekly
"An astonishing novel, both in ambition and achievement, filled with revelations that appear inevitable in retrospect, amid the cycle of life and death . A novel of "the invisible tissue of civilization," of "community or freedom," and of the precious fragility of lives in the balance."—Kirkus(Starred Review)
"Lauren Groff's first book was a wonder and a delight What a happy relief to discover Groff's second novel is even better [thanThe Monsters of Templeton]. Not every young writer lives up to the promise of a first book, but Groff has exceeded expectations. Riveting."—Miami Herald
"[A] beautifully crafted novel Groff's second novel, after the well-receivedThe Monsters of Templeton(2008), gives full rein to her formidable descriptive powers, as she summons both the beauty of striving for perfection and the inevitable devastation of failing so miserably to achieve it."—Booklist(Starred Review)
"Groff's beautiful prose make this an unforgettable read."—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review)
"I was constantly torn between wanting to gulp down this book or savor its lines. Even the most incidental details vibrate with life. . . . Groff's miracle is to record the death of the fantasy but then show how the residue of affection can persist and, given the right soil, sprout again. Arcadia wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in."—Ron Charles,The Washington Post
"Richly peopled and ambitious and oh, so lovely, Lauren Groff'sArcadiais one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time. It's not possible to write any better without showing off."—Richard Russo, author of the novelThat Old Cape Magicand the Pulitzer Prize-winningEmpire Falls
"PartStone Diaries, partLord of the Flies, part something out of a Shakespearean tragedy, Lauren Groff'sArcadiais so uniquely absorbing that you finish it as if waking from a dream. Groff is one of our most talented writers, andArcadiaone of the most revelatory, magical, and ambitious novels I've read in years."—Kate Walbert, author of theNew York Timesbestselling novelA Short History of Women
"Arcadia feels true, as do the characters who populate this extraordinary novel, which lingers on passing moments in time and highlights the importance of place in preserving not only our memories, but also ourselves."—Hannah Tinti, author of the bestselling and award-winning novelThe Good Thief
"Lauren Groff's honed prose dazzles. WithArcadia, Groff has crafted a fresh novel out of an old literary theme - you can't go home again - by focusing on a protagonist who never stops trying to do so."—Dallas Morning News
"****"—People
"Lauren Groff's second novel,Arcadia, is so tenderly moving it actually swells the heart."—New York Daily News
"Arcadiabuilds its power in a subtle cumulative way. Somehow the author manages an epic sweep with her narrative, yet one that also feels intimate and concentrated [Groff] offers an ending that's both tragic and hopeful..."—Newsday
"A moving look at the value of human connection in a scary, chaotic world."—Entertainment Weekly
"An astonishing novel, both in ambition and achievement, filled with revelations that appear inevitable in retrospect, amid the cycle of life and death . A novel of "the invisible tissue of civilization," of "community or freedom," and of the precious fragility of lives in the balance."—Kirkus(Starred Review)
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATES AND FURIESIn the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land.
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATES AND FURIESIn the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land.