Arcadia

"Powerful and affecting.Captures a five-year-old's consciousness with rare, almost mystical intensity, this is a vivid, original and generous-hearted book." Daily Mail "An exquisite tale of idealism and disintegration.Utterly absorbing." Marie Claire "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. It's not possible to write any better without showing off." -- Richard Russo "The raw beauty of Ms. Groff's prose is one of the best things about Arcadia ... 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." New York Times "Groff is a sensuous writer." Guardian