Lauren Groff
Hardcover | Pages: 291 pages Rating: 3.67 | 20132 Users | 2813 Reviews
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| Title | : | Arcadia |
| Author | : | Lauren Groff |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
| Published | : | March 13th 2012 by Hachette Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literary Fiction. Contemporary. Novels. Adult Fiction. Young Adult. Coming Of Age |
Relation In Pursuance Of Books Arcadia
In the fields and forests of western New York State in the late 1960s, several dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what becomes a famous commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.Arcadia follows this lyrical, rollicking, tragic, and exquisite utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and after. The story is told from the point of view of Bit, a fascinating character and the first child born in Arcadia.
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| Original Title: | Arcadia |
| ISBN: | 1401340873 (ISBN13: 9781401340872) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2013) |
Rating Of Books Arcadia
Ratings: 3.67 From 20132 Users | 2813 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Arcadia
This is an amazing book. I don't give 5 stars very often. The only author even reminiscent of Lauren Groff, is (early) Anne Tyler, only there is more depth to Lauren Groff's writing. But she does have the same gift for writing about family relationships, emotional reality. This book touched me really deeply--I have lived in an intentional community, and my mother died from ALS, like Bit's mother. This story is true, and moving, and very heartening. Interestingly, even though she writes from the(but first, a propos of nothing, my feelings about Arcadia, California):Growing up in the working-class-turned-barrio section of southeast LA, I was rather intrigued by Arcadia, a seemingly perfect suburban wonder, a Sierra Madre (the town next door) writ a little larger, but not too large to dispel the Mayberry-meets-LA vibe. My first memories of Arcadia were of my father taking me several times to Santa Anita racetrack, an absolutely breathtaking horse racing venue, perfectly preserved and
Oh what a fine novel this is, one of the few I feel is worthy of the 5-star rating. This is a book that leaves you sad because it has ended, but also happy because you have read it and got to know Bit, his mother Hannah, and his father Abe, whom I wish could be real people who are greatly admired friends of mine living their lives of clarity and substance somewhere in the wilds of upstate New York, not so far from me.This is a finely crafted, exquisitely written, and particularly interesting
Oh, Lauren Groff. Your purple prose. Your absence of quotation marks. Your writing is actually quite beautiful, but that isn't good enough for you, apparently. What does it mean for a girl to have a "sweet cupcake face" anyway?I went back and forth between feeling like this book was a total slog and finding it utterly compelling. This is my second Lauren Groff book. With Fates and Furies, I loathed the first half and loved the second half. With Arcadia, my emotions didn't reach such extremes,
My feelings for Arcadia snuck up on me. Groff is a wonderful writer and I found the first part of the novel, set on a commune in upstate NY, fascinating. As the novel progressed and focused more and more on Bit growing into a man - it shifted for me. I fell in love with him (and the novel). At the end, I couldn't bear that it was over. So I listened to the last 15 minutes 3 times and cried - not because it was sad but because I was so sorry to leave Bit and Arcadia.
I'm currently on a Lauren Groff bender. Her prose makes me drunk with pleasure. Her uncanny ability to marry setting with POV with description is sheer genius. The seemingly small ideas that turn into massive ideas as she carefully structures her story are extraordinary; they leave me breathless at the scope and the layers she creates. Her imagery, here (as elsewhere) overtly informed by fairy tale and Greek myth, nature both beautiful and hostile, utopian dreams confronting worldly realities,
The structure of this book reminded me of the two John Irving novels Ive read: The first half of the book was about the childhood of the main character, Bit; the second half was about his adulthood, and the two halves were so different they felt almost like two different books.I liked the first part, detailing Bits childhood in the upstate New York commune of Arcadia, even though I hadnt been sure I wouldI dont usually like books that eschew quotation marks, tending to feel that this particular
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