stunningly sensual and visceral in describing behaviour straight out of a time capsule… extraordinarily rich imagination, she writes about this life as if she has known it. Groff’s prose is one of the best things about Arcadia. You fall in love with Arcadia’s protagonist, Bit, and find yourself transported to a different time, place and lifestyle.
Groff’s beautifully written Arcadia paints a lyrical picture. Smart, beautiful, rooted in an earthy and glorious location. It's not possible to write any better without showing off. Richly peopled and ambitious and oh, so lovely, Lauren Groff's Arcadia is one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time. Kate Walbert, author of the New York Times bestselling novel A Short History of Women
One of our most talented writers, and Arcadia one of the most revelatory, magical and ambitious novels I've read in years. A shimmering evocation of the commune's heyday' NEW YORK TIMES Read more ' Arcadia is stunningly sensual and visceral in describing behaviour straight out of a time capsule. A powerful pean to the human desire to make the right sort of place live' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'An exquisite tale of idealism and disintegration. But when it's 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? While the commune rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He grows up there, becoming deeply attached to its way of life and everyone within it, in particular the beautiful but troubled Helle. Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit, is born into the commune soon after its creation. In 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. 'Stunningly sensual and visceral' NEW YORK TIMES
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