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Written by Lauren Groff
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Language: English
From the bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton comes a lyrical and gripping story of a great American dream.
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic, rollicking, and tragic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and after. Arcadia鈥檚 inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group鈥檚 charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah鈥檚 only child, the book鈥檚 protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created.
While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents鈥攊ncluding Handy and Astrid鈥檚 lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle鈥攈ow can Bit become his own man? How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live? With Arcadia, her first novel since her lauded debut, The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted young fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists. Praise for Arcadia:
鈥淩ichly peopled and ambitious and oh, so lovely, Lauren Groff鈥檚 Arcadia is one of the most moving and satisfying novels I鈥檝e read in a long time. It鈥檚 not possible to write any better without showing off.鈥?br />
鈥擱ichard Russo, author of the novel That Old Cape Magic and the Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning Empire Falls
鈥淧art Stone Diaries, part Lord of the Flies, part something out of a Shakespearean tragedy, Lauren Groff鈥檚 Arcadia is so uniquely absorbing that you finish it as if waking from a dream. Groff is one of our most talented writers, and Arcadia one of the most revelatory, magical, and ambitious novels I鈥檝e read in years.鈥?br />
鈥擪ate Walbert, author of the New York Times bestselling novel A Short History of Women 鈥淎rcadia 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.鈥?br />
鈥擧annah Tinti, author of the bestselling and award-winning novel The Good Thief 鈥淚t鈥檚 not possible to write any better without showing off.鈥濃€擱ichard Russo, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Empire Falls 鈥淟auren Groff鈥檚 dazzling new novel brings the flawed visions of a 鈥?0s commune to life茂驴陆[It features] an unflinching, wonderment-fueled child narrator along the lines of Huck Finn or David Mitchell鈥檚 Jason Taylor茂驴陆At a moment when so much floating anger struggles for articulation, it鈥檚 Groff鈥檚 essential human empathy that gives her work its urgency.鈥濃€擵ogue 鈥淥ne of our best young novelists brings a lost Eden of hippiedom freshly to life...Groff鈥檚 prismatic prose style lends itself to the darker currents that run beneath the Arcadian dream茂驴陆both poetic and ambitious.鈥濃€擡lle 鈥淎n astonishing novel, both in ambition and achievement, filled with revelations that appear inevitable in retrospect, amid the cycle of life and death茂驴陆A novel of 鈥榯he invisible tissue of civilization,鈥?of 鈥榗ommunity or freedom,鈥?and of the precious fragility of lives in the balance.鈥濃€擲TARRED Kirkus Reviews 鈥淸A] beautifully crafted novel茂驴陆[it] gives full rein to [Groff鈥檚] formidable descriptive powers, as she summons both the beauty of striving for perfection and the inevitable devastation of failing so miserably to achieve it.鈥濃€擲TARRED Booklist 鈥淏eautifully chiaroscuro茂驴陆[a] rich tapestry of story exploring how we sustain hope and idealism in a world that presents us with unavoidable sadness.鈥濃€擝ookPage 鈥淩efusing to deck out her narrative in period tie-dye, Groff uses language at once nuanced, pointed, and gorgeous to vivify her setting茂驴陆鈥楾hey can wound, stories, they can blister鈥? that鈥檚 as true here as it was in Groff鈥檚 masterly debut, The Monsters of Templeton茂驴陆Ambrosia for books clubs; consider multiples.鈥?鈥擫ibrary Journal 鈥淎rcadia feels true, as do the characters who populate this extraordinary novel.鈥?br />
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