Florida / Lauren Groff.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2018Description: 275 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781594634512
- 1594634513
- Short stories. Selections
- Groff, Lauren. Ghosts and empties
- Groff, Lauren. At the round earth's imagined corners
- Groff, Lauren. Dogs go wolf
- Groff, Lauren. Midnight zone
- Groff, Lauren. Eyewall
- Groff, Lauren. For the god of love, for the love of god
- Groff, Lauren. Salvador
- Groff, Lauren. Flower hunters
- Groff, Lauren. Above and below
- Groff, Lauren. Snake stories
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Groff, Lauren | Available | 33111008624948 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Groff, Lauren | Available | 33111009206448 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE
ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
From the universally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds
Florida is a "superlative" book ( Boston Globe ), "frequently funny" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), "brooding, inventive and often moving" (NPR Fresh Air) --as Groff is recognized as "Florida's unofficial poet laureate, as Joan Didion was for California." ( Washington Post )
In her thrilling new book, Lauren Groff brings the reader into a physical world that is at once domestic and wild--a place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther, or by a sexual secret. Among those navigating this place 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 center: 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.
Ghosts and empties -- At the round earth's imagined corners -- Dogs go wolf -- The midnight zone -- Eyewall -- For the god of love, for the love of god -- Salvador -- Flower hunters -- Above and below -- Snake stories -- Yport.
A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries. Yet Florida-- its landscapes, climate, history, and state of mind-- becomes the gravitational center as Groff writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time.