Lauren Groff

"Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily...

"From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes,...

Returning in disgrace to her mother's home after an affair with her professor, temperamental Willie arrives at the same time the remains of a prehistoric creature are discovered in the town's lake, a finding that leads to painful revelations about Willie's family.

Groff follows up The Monsters of Templeton with this innovative and beautifully written collection that covers a wide swath of humanity, from east coast resort towns, to the early 20th century flu epidemic, to WWII Europe.

Descendiente de una larga dinastía de guerreras y cruzadas, Marie es demasiado ruda y rebelde para la vida palaciega, por lo que acaba siendo expulsada de la corte y enviada a los lodazales de Inglaterra para que asuma el rol de priora de una abadía venida a menos. Al llegar, encuentra un panorama desolador donde reinan la inanición y el chismorreo. Marie añora la comodidad de la corte francesa, y también a su amante secreta, Cecily. Sin embargo,...

"Dwie małe siostry, które nagle zostają same na przepięknej plaży, nie do końca rozumieją, co się wokół nich dzieje, ale przeczuwają, że trzeba szukać ratunku. Podczas wakacji matka z kilkuletnimi synkami zostają w domu na odludziu zdani tylko na siebie; muszą przeżyć, choć w bujnych zaroślach czai się niebezpieczeństwo. Malowniczy cypel zostaje zaatakowany przez huragan i tylko czas pokaże, czy samotna kobieta przetrwa atak...

"Siedemnastoletnia Marie de France, uznana za niepasującą do dworskiego życia i nienadającą się do małżeństwa, zostaje wygnana z królewskiego dworu przez Eleonorę Akwitańską i wysłana do Anglii, gdzie ma zostać nową przeoryszą zubożałego opactwa, w którym zakonnice umierają z głodu, dziesiątkowane chorobami. Początkowe zaskoczenie surowością nowego życia mija, gdy Marie znajduje sens i miłość w byciu z siostrami, we wspólnocie....

"This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. The Best American Short Stories 2024 boasts a collection of twenty stories that "buzz with their own strange logic." A man becomes a tourist in his own hometown. An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship. A therapist decides to call an ex-patient years after their last session"-- Provided by publisher.

Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Less," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year.

"Set in Australia in the late 1970s, Monkey Grip follows single mother and writer Nora as she navigates the tumultuous cityscape of Melbourne's bohemian underground, often with her young daughter Gracie in tow. When Nora falls in love with the flighty Javo, she becomes snared in the web of his addiction. And as their tenuous relationship disintegrates, Nora struggles to ween herself off a love that feels impossible to live without."-- Provided by...