Florida

Beschreibung

'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel<BR>'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian<BR>'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett<BR>'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' Observer<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury.<BR><BR>'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist<BR>'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times

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