![]() ![]() I sat in my studio and dreamt for hours at a time about what my ideal place would be. I would have loved to have more looseness and freedom and community. I think I probably created Arcadia with a certain amount of wishful thinking. My childhood was as conventional as you could get. ![]() Did your childhood resemble those environs? Groff told us about her conventional childhood, being creeped out by former communes, the practical use of fairytales, and seeing ghosts everywhere.ĬLARE STEIN: Arcadia tells the story of a commune in New York in the late 1960s and follows its protagonist, who grows up there. Arcadia sits on the cusp of magic realism, and Groff herself is guided by superstition and magical thinking. The novel, which begins on a commune in the late 1960s and continues through generations to come, is largely character-driven, but Groff also relies on the tenets of historical fact while weaving in wisps of fairy tales. The release of her newest novel, Arcadia, has generated positive reviews and high expectations. Lauren Groff is a writer of ambitious, richly felt, and deeply sensitive fiction. ![]()
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