Fates and Furies
AuthorLauren Groff
Cover artistRodrigo Corral
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRiverhead Books
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages400

Fates and Furies (2015) is the third novel by the American author Lauren Groff.[1]

Background

Fates and Furies takes place in the United States and examines how different people in a relationship can have disparate views on the relationship.[2] According to Groff, she originally envisioned the novel as two separate books,[2] but she was encouraged by her agent to rewrite them as one integrated work.[3] The novel is influenced by Greek Mythology; deities and vengeance are themes throughout.[4][5][6][7]

Reception

Fates and Furies was nominated for a National Book Award.[8] The book received extensive press attention, including from Carrie Brownstein, Sarah Jessica Parker, and President Obama, who said he enjoyed the book more than anything else he had read that year.[2][9] The novel was also compared to Gillian Flynn's thriller Gone Girl.[2][10]

Positive reviews noted the novel as "masterful", while negative reviews focused on moments of implausibility in the novel's second half.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ NPR Staff (27 October 2015). "Lauren Groff Used 'Fates And Furies' To Bring 'Feminine Rage' Into Light". NPR. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Laura Miller, Why Fates and Furies was this year’s most talked-about novel, The Guardian, 24 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lauren Groff discusses her book, 'Florida', at Politics and Prose on 6/11/18". 21 June 2018 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ↑ "'Fates and Furies': Lauren Groff's love story has a furious subtext". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 26 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lauren Groff's 'Fates and Furies'". The New York Times. 13 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "A Dreamy Marriage Turns To Rage In 'Fates And Furies'". NPR.
  7. ↑ Wood, James (2 November 2015). "Scenes from a Marriage". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "National Book Award Finalists Are Announced". The Wall Street Journal. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Author Lauren Groff on Being Endorsed by Obama and the Dearth of Literary Sex Scenes". Vulture. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  10. ↑ Seltzer, Sarah (16 September 2015). "Lauren Groff's 'Fates and Furies' Is a Literary 'Gone Girl'". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  11. ↑ Charles, Ron (9 September 2015). "'Fates and Furies' review: A masterful tale of marriage and secrets" – via washingtonpost.com.
  12. ↑ Wood, James (2015-10-26). "Lauren Groff and the Mythology of Marriage". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2022-12-31.


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