Fates and Furies : A Novel (Paperback)

from cattylj

Fates and Furies has all the fixings of a classic Greek tragedy...or is it comedy? As Groff reminds us throughout, it's all a matter of perspective. This is a story of passion, betrayal, rage, loss, lust, revenge, hubris, plotting, epic love, and epic deception. All this peppered with the occasio...

from lauralkeet

Launcelot "Lotto" and Mathilde Satterwhite married young and in secret, just before graduating from college. Their courtship was brief, and Lotto's mother was violently opposed to the marriage, but there was no stopping young love. Theirs was a unique relationship where each person completed the ...

from Cariola

I did not expect to like this book, mainly because most of the reviews and blurbs I read called it "an anatomy of a marriage," leading me to expect something Ann Tyler-ish (and I've gotten REALLY bored with Anne Tyler). Well, this was not the typical tale of domestic woes, self-discovery, and ren...

from lisapeet

So here's a conundrum: The overriding theme of all the Greek myths is the conflict between man, who thinks he can control his fate, and the gods, who have the true power and must choose how and why they wield it. And it's a major theme of Groff's book, with the manipulations divided between actua...

from novelcommentary

According to her acknowledgement that follows this clever, well written novel, Lauren Groff thanks her husband Clay for providing that instant, "I'd marry him" moment that is the genesis for this novel. Hopefully that is the only autobiographical connection. Groff's novel gives us a portrait of a...