Lauren Groff

Una novela de aventuras feminista, aclamada por la crítica, uno de los mejores libros del año según Time,uno de los 35 mejores libros de 2024 segúnElle y en la lista de libros más vendidos de The New York TimesPAUL BOWLES PRIZE · PEN/O. HENRY AWARD · PUSHCART PRIZEUna de las mejores novelistas de nuestra epoca. [...] Te atrapa con ternura y despues se niega a soltarte. Exquisita, desgarradora y absolutamente fascinante.Andrea Wulf (autora de La invencion de la naturaleza)Una sirvienta escapa de un asentamiento ingles del siglo XVII y se adentra en el aun salvaje territorio norteamericano. Carece incluso de nombre, pero la guian su ingenio, su fe y la imperiosa voluntad de alejarse de un terrible e inexplicable suceso. Lo que encontrara en esa tierra hermosa y brutal sobrepasara los limites de su propia imaginacion y hara que se tambaleen sus creencias y todo lo que habia aprendido de la civilizacion. Un viaje poderoso y emocionante a lo desconocido y hacia la emancipacion con el que Lauren Groff reflexiona sobre nuestra capacidad de adaptacion y supervivencia al entorno.La critica ha dicho: Este page-turner es un himno a la resistencia por el que la autora nos conduce; un espacio donde nuestra heroina se enfrenta para responder a su narrativa. Por favor, empiecen leyendo a Groff. Angeles Lopez, La Razon (*Libro de la semana*)Una aventura epica contra el hambre y el frio, pero tambien un alegato feminista, anticolonial y ecologista. Anna Pazos, BabeliaLauren Groff ha reinventado la novela de aventuras. [...] Maneja las palabras con la precision de un cirujano y la pasion de un maestro, sin sacrificar nunca el oficio por el arte ni viceversa. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles TimesUn page-turner con motor propio [...]. En cuanto te sumerges en sus ritmos, se convierte en un viaje absorbente y gratificante.Vogue (Uno de los libros mas esperados del 2023)Una emocionante aventura historica [...] cuyos temas existenciales la crudeza de la vida, los inestimables mecanismos internos de la naturaleza, el impulso de seguir adelante son de una intensa actualidad. Shannon Carlin, Time (Uno de los libros mas esperados del otoño de 2023)Conozco pocos escritores cuyas frases sean tan bellas y propulsoras. La protagonista encarna un vertiginoso impulso hacia delante, al igual que la escritura. Fiona Mozley, The New York Times Book ReviewUn poderoso repudio de la fe [...] que tambien es una exaltacion divina. El ritmo de la prosa de Groff es biblico. [...] Hay algo estimulante en esta novela, una ambiciosa agilidad. [...] Un libro hambriento, desnudo como un hueso roido, lleno de determinacion. Groff no se ha perdido en el bosque. Sabe muy bien hacia donde se dirige. Beejay Silcox, The GuardianMagnifica.[...] El entorno cobra vida en una prosa que vive y respira en cada pagina.The Boston GlobeRecuerda a las famosas historias de hombres que sobreviven solos en la naturaleza, como las de Hemingway, McCarthy o Gary Paulsen, [...] pero con una joven como protagonista de esta historia de supervivencia. Algo mas que feminismo superficial. Andrew Limbong, NPRLa forma de representar la naturaleza salvaje, con su belleza y crueldad, es magnifica, al igual que el retrato psicologico de su incansable protagonista.Literary Hub (Una de las mejores novelas del otoño)

Willie trató la historia de su familia acerca de los motivos para venir a sus propios demonios para distribuir. Oscuros secretos salen a la luz, el pasado y el presente borroso y una sorprendente ver

Una joven universitaria emprende una búsqueda para averiguar quién es su padre. Esta sencilla pero seductora propuesta es la base del brillante debut de la joven norteamericana Lauren Groff, elogiada con entusiasmo por autores tan dispares como Lorrie Moore y Stephen King. Finalista del premio Orange para escritores noveles, la novela entro en la lista de libros mas vendidos del New York Times.Confundida y agotada tras una desastrosa relacion sentimental, Willie Upton abandona sus estudios de arqueologia y cruza el pais para regresar, en busca de sosiego, a su lugar de origen, el idilico pueblo de Templeton, en el estado de Nueva York. Sin embargo, aldia siguiente de su llegada, la aparicion del cadaver de un monstruo de quince metros en aguas del lago quiebra la tranquilidad dellugar. Por si eso fuera poco, Willie descubre que su madre, ex hippy y madre soltera, le mintio sobre la identidad de su padre, y lo maximo que ahora esta dispuesta a admitir es que se trata de un hombre de Templeton. Asi pues, cuando Willie comience a indagar enla historia y la mitologia del pueblo saldran a la luz otros tantos secretos de su arbol genealogico, y se establecera una serie deinesperadas y reveladoras conexiones entre el pasado y el presente.Inspirandose en la fascinante saga familiar de los fundadores laciudad de Cooperstown - entre quienes se halla el famoso escritor James Fenimore Cooper -, Lauren Groff narra una absorbente historia a traves de la mirada apasionada, inteligente y poetica de una joven que conquista la simpatia del lector desde la primera pagina.Los monstruos de Templeton posee todo lo que un lector debe esperar de una autora tan brillante, e incluso mas [...] En sus paginas hay monstruos, asesinos, hijos ilegitimos y un sinnumero de chismosos y embusteros. Una intensa y maravillosa novela. Stephen King

Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.

Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years.At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.

Meet the indomitable Marie de France.Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse, too wild, too rough-hewn for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court. Woefully, she is sent to the muddy fields of Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.The abbey is a dreadful place: its inhabitants are on the brink of starvation, beset by disease, stoic and stern, yet plagued with an unholy tendency to gossip. Marie cannot help but pine for the decadence and comfort of France; her secret lover Cecily, her queen Eleanor, and the very court that had spited her.Yet Marie soon realises that, though she may be tied to a life of duty, she wields more power than she could have imagined. With the fearlessness that has always set her apart, she inspires her new sisterhood to awaken their spirits and finally claim what is theirs.A dazzling work of literature, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality and ecstasy in a mesmerising portrait of consuming passion and womanhood.

In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, even centuries, but Florida - its landscape, climate, history and state of mind - becomes the gravitational centre.With shocking accuracy, Groff pinpoints the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury - the moments that make us alive.'Restorative fiction for these urgent times.' New York Times`A blistering collection ... lyrical and oblique.'

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation.Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years.

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 se

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Exhilarating' GUARDIAN'Her writing has a timeless quality' THE TIMES'[Has] a visionary quality' OBSERVERA profound and explosive novel about a spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to surviveA servant girl escapes from a settlement. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief of everything that her own civilization has taught her.The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history, to ask how -and if - we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.

Florida is a magnificent collection, executed with tremendous depth and precision, unsettling in the best possible way. Lauren Groff is a virtuoso. Emily St John Mandel, author of Station ElevenIn her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character a steely and conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind becomes its gravitational centre: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury the moments that make us alive. Startling, precise and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.

Au XVIIe siècle, une jeune fille tente de survivre dans la forêt après avoir fui la servitude et les brimades. De nombreuses épreuves l'attendent.

THE LATEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MATRIX'Brawler captures a towering talent.'FINANCIAL TIMES'Groff conjures a whole world in each brilliant story.'CLAIRE FULLER'You'll walk away feeling more connected to other people and with more compassion for yourself.'HARPER'S BAZAAR'Groff reminds us of the myriad human galaxies around us, spinning off brightly into the dark.'MELISSA HARRISONRanging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region - from New England to Florida to California - these nine stories reflect and expand upon a single shared theme: the ceaseless battle between the dark and light in all of us.Among those caught in this match are a young woman suddenly responsible for her disabled sibling; a hot-tempered high school swimmer in need of an adult; a mother blinded by the loss of her family; and a banking scion endowed with a different kind of inheritance. Motivated by love, impeded by human fallibility, they try to do the right thing for as long as they can.

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Un roman moderne, féministe, puissant, qui redonne vie à une héroïne méconnue de l’Histoire : Marie de France. « Elle sort de la forêt seule sur son cheval. Âgée de dix-sept ans, dans la froide brui

Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso Emily St John MandelA blistering collection . . . lyrical and obliqueGuardianNot to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant Ann PatchettIts beautiful. Its giving me rich, grand nightmaresObserverIn these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother.Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury.Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpieceStylistLushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracksFinancial Times

From the bestselling author of Fates and Furies comes a gripping, romantic, and tragic tale of trying to achieve utopia."Beautifully crafted." Booklist 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. Arcadias inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the groups charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannahs only child, the books 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 residentsincluding Handy and Astrids lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Hellehow 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, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists.

Stunningly sensual and visceralNEW YORK TIMESSmart, beautiful . . . paints a lyrical pictureSTYLISTGroff is a sensuous writerGUARDIANIn 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. Abe and Hannahs only child, Bit, is born into the commune soon after its creation. He grows up there, becoming deeply attached to its way of life and everyone within it, in particular the beautiful but troubled Helle. While the commune rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. But when its time to find a way to live in the world beyond Arcadia, will he be able to let go of the past to forge a new start?An exquisite tale of idealism and disintegration . . . Utterly absorbingMARIE CLAIREIntricately wrought . . . A powerful pean to the human desire to make the right sort of place liveSUNDAY TELEGRAPHArcadia is stunningly sensual and visceral in describing behaviour straight out of a time capsule . . . A shimmering evocation of the communes heydayNEW YORK TIMES

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATES AND FURIES AND MATRIXEverything a reader might have expected from this gifted writer, and more Stephen KingBold and beautiful Lorrie MoorePleasurably surrealGuardianWill give you paper cuts from turning pagesMarie ClaireWillie Upton returns to her ancestral home of Templeton, New York after a disastrous affair with her married archaeology professor.The same day, Willie discovers a hard truth about her long-lost fathers identity and a prehistoric monster is discovered in the nearby Lake Glimmerglass, bringing frenzy to the quiet town and her life.As Willie investigates her family tree, dark secrets come to light, past and present are blurred and old mysteries are finally put to rest. The Monsters of Templeton is an extraordinary novel by literary virtuoso Lauren Groff. A vivid tale of unearthing past truths, horrors and liesGood Housekeeping