{"product_id":"arcadia-paperback-2","title":"Arcadia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a gripping, romantic, and tragic tale of trying to achieve utopia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautifully crafted.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group's charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, the book's protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents--including Handy and Astrid's lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle--how can Bit become his own man? How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers; \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, winner of the Medici Book Club Prize, and finalist for the L.A. Times Book Award; and Fates and Furies, a National Book Award finalist. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly, Harper's, Tin House, One Story, McSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the anthologies \u003ci\u003e100 Years of the Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, PEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and three editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556388860197,"sku":"9780316434706","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/VdvMm54jJL9780316434706.webp?v=1781371081","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/arcadia-paperback-2","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}