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Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff · 2015

Literary Fiction · ranked #190 in category

The story of a marriage told twice: first through the husband Lotto's romantic, heroic account of his life as a playwright; then through his wife Mathilde's radically different account of the same events — the version she never shared, full of the things he chose not to see. Groff's novel was Barack Obama's favourite book of 2015 and a National Book Award finalist.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2015 · 2010s
Author
Lauren Groff
Standing
Essential Read

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