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Arcadia

Groff, Lauren more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Publisher: Cornerstone
Imprint: William Heinemann Ltd
Publication Date: 15/04/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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A mesmerizing second novel from Lauren Groff, the bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia is the lyrical and haunting story of a great American dream, the progress of a utopian community and its lasting impact on a gifted young man. 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. Arcadia follows this rollicking, tragic dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and beyond. What unfolds is an astonishingly beautiful novel about happiness and the impossible dream of perfection.