Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff

Fates and Furies

By Lauren Groff

  • Release Date: 2015-09-15
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 1,477 Ratings

Description

A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS


NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE


“Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” —The New York Times Book Review (cover review)

From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Florida, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds: 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.

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.

Reviews

  • Too much sex

    2
    By LCinSDCA
    It was almost the focal point of the book, rather than the relationships between characters.
  • Fates and Furies

    5
    By the_garvers
    Outstanding. Wow.
  • Confusing

    2
    By dbm217
    I really enjoyed the story line but felt like it never dug deep enough into any of the many sub story lines to get hooked. The prose is confusing. I wanted to like this book but struggled to connect with it and what really took place between Matilde, Lotto, Chollie and their past lives.
  • Fates and Furies

    5
    By CCK98280
    What a terrific story!
  • Gorgeous

    5
    By Kbayham
    This was one of the better reading experiences I’ve had. Nothing trite, formulaic or boring about it. The story told from perspectives of different people and times lent depth and beauty I didn’t expect. So sad when it ended.
  • Painful

    1
    By Bflogirl10
    Had to force myself to keep reading ..
  • Like reading 2 separate novels.

    5
    By labuck
    Devastating and brilliant
  • Awesome and brilliant

    5
    By Narwhal Blue
    Just when you think you know this couple and the people who surround them, the second half of the book starts. I loved it! Thank you Barack Obama for recommending it!
  • Brilliant. Just brilliant.

    5
    By Faithh1
    This book was one chosen by our book club host. I recall wondering if it was going to be just another random novel about love and lust, while also wondering how I tell our group that I just could not get into it. Lesson learned, don't judge a book after reading the first paragraph. After I began reading, I then wondered why it felt like the author was speeding through the story. Alas, it was I. So thoroughly engrossed in the book that I was found myself reading so very quickly. Alas, brilliant read from beginning to end.
  • Didn't love it didn't hate it...

    3
    By MaestraG
    I feel like the reviews are either loved it or hated it. I wanted to love it and I'll probably try to read Arcadia to see if it suits me better. She is obviously a great writer but I couldn't connect 100% with this book. I felt like there were loose ends that didn't get tied together and found it easy to get lost and need to reread parts. It's worth a try to see if it works for you.

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