![]() ![]() At the center of this multi-generational story is Ridley Sorrel Stone - or Bit, as he is called, slight and small throughout life. You won’t find a sophomore slump in the novel’s pages instead, you will find a richly told story of one community’s attempt to create a utopia, and the aftershocks affecting its children and grandchildren years later. With Arcadia, Groff easily, almost effortlessly, clears that bar. Her collection of short stories, Delicate, Edible Birds, was hailed as “innovative,” “unique” and “magical.” Arcadia comes not only with reader anticipation but with the difficult task of clearing a bar set very, very high. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Ploughshares and the 20 Best American Short Stories anthologies. The author’s follow-up to the best-selling and critically acclaimed The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia also comes on the heels of Groff’s various successes in the short story arena. To say that Lauren Groff’s second novel, Arcadia, comes with great expectations is something of an understatement. ![]()
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