On the surface, Mathilde is the perfect wife. But there are always two sides to every marriage. Read the New York Times bestseller taking the world by storm.
Lauren Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Fates and Furies and Matrix, and two short story collections, Delicate Edible Birds and Florida. She has won The Story Prize and been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work regularly appears in the New Yorker, the Atlantic and elsewhere, and she was named one of Granta's 2017 Best Young American Novelists.
Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek
tragedies
*Observer*
Rich, lyrical and rewarding.
*Guardian (Books of the Year)*
A lyrical and, at times, astonishingly beautiful account of how
little it is possible to know about those closest to us.
*Financial Times*
Addictive to read ... Groff has drawn a woman so complex it seems
that with every chapter a new layer is revealed, each as
deliciously intriguing as the next … The result is a compelling
portrait of an unconventional marriage across two decades.
*Stylist*
[A] stunning achievement. The plotting is elegant, intricate and
assured . . . it will give you much to savour.
*Independent*
Absorbing and beautifully written, this is a riveting study of
love, power and creativity.
*Sunday Express*
A truly special novel ... if you haven't read her before, I'm
delighted to take the credit for introducing you to one of your new
favourite authors.
*The Pool*
A searing exploration of how far a person will go for love, loyalty
and revenge.
*Time*
Rare and impressive… Groff has created a novel of extraordinary and
genuine complexity…The word “ambitious” is often used as code for
“overly ambitious”, a signal that an author’s execution has fallen
short. No such hidden message here. Lauren Groff is a writer of
rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel
that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and
unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.
*New York Times*
A book to submit to and be knocked out by.
*Meg Wolitzer*
A dazzling novel ... At once intimate and sweeping, this is the
story of a marriage as parallel myths-- flaring with passion and
betrayal, with redemption and retribution, with the sort of
heart-breaking, head-slapping secrets that make you want to seek
out someone else who's read it. Lauren Groff is a powerful and
graceful writer, one of the best of her generation.
*Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins*
Barack Obama’s favourite book of last year (and getting on for ours
too), Fates and Furies is finally coming out in paperback. The tale
of a marriage in parallel myths is a truly delicious story.
*Observer Magazine – We Love…*
[An] ingenious novel ... buttressed by real emotional power
*Mail on Sunday*
Devastatingly good, with the most satisfying ending I've read in a
long time. The writing is gorgeous, the plot twisting, and the
characters are almost too real.
*Sara Taylor, Guardian Books of the Year*
A clear-the-ground triumph ... Groff captures the complicated ways
love blesses, transforms and, yes, deceives us over many
years…There’s a touch of F. Scott Fitzgerald in this glamorous
story… Halfway through, Groff leverages her story in a remarkable
and transformative way … A vertiginous ride that will shake your
confidence in what you think you know about your spouse — and
yourself.
*Washington Post*
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