{"product_id":"fates-and-furies-9780099592532","title":"Fates and Furies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnough \u003cb\u003ebetrayal, vengeance and sex\u003c\/b\u003e to read like one of the Greek tragedies * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eRich, lyrical and rewarding. * Guardian (Books of the Year) *\u003cbr\u003eA lyrical and, at times, astonishingly beautiful account of how little it is possible to know about those closest to us. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAddictive to read\u003c\/b\u003e ... 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 …\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe result is \u003cb\u003ea compelling portrait of an unconventional marriage\u003c\/b\u003e across two decades. * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003estunning \u003c\/b\u003eachievement. The plotting is elegant, intricate and assured . . . it will give you much to savour. * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing and beautifully written, \u003c\/b\u003ethis is a riveting study of love, power and creativity. * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eA truly special novel ... if you haven't read her before, I'm delighted to take the credit for introducing you to \u003cb\u003eone of your new favourite authors\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Pool *\u003cbr\u003eA searing exploration of \u003cb\u003ehow far a person will go for love, loyalty and revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e * Time *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRare and impressive\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003cb\u003e Groff has created a novel of extraordinary and genuine complexity\u003c\/b\u003e…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. \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003cb\u003ewith comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout\u003c\/b\u003e. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA book to submit to and be knocked out by. * Meg Wolitzer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e dazzling novel ... \u003c\/b\u003eAt 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, \u003cb\u003eone of the best of her generation.\u003c\/b\u003e * Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarack Obama’s favourite book of last year (and getting on for ours too), \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies \u003c\/i\u003eis finally coming out in paperback. The tale of a marriage in parallel myths is a truly delicious story.\u003c\/p\u003e * Observer Magazine – We Love… *\u003cbr\u003e[An] ingenious novel ... buttressed by real emotional power * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevastatingly good,\u003c\/b\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e clear-the-ground triumph\u003c\/b\u003e ... 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 *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732323053911,"sku":"9780099592532","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099592532.jpg?v=1719996407","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fates-and-furies-9780099592532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}