The Vaster Wilds
By Lauren Groff
- Release Date: 2023-09-12
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, LA TIMES, SLATE, HARPER'S BAZAAR and others
“Part historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay alive."—NPR staff pick
“Lauren Groff just reinvented the adventure novel."—Los Angeles Times
“Glorious…surroundings come alive in prose that lives and breathes upon the page." —Boston Globe
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and Brawler, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive
A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her.
Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history, to ask how—and if—we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.
Reviews
Vaster Wilds
2By maybe2oldWell written but seriously sad and depressing. Wish I had never started this book.Leib
4By Dogcat@1Suspenseful, nature and the world as part of a life, as if she becomes one with the world. 4/5 as gets a little slow at end.Astounding
5By FoggyduskBeautiful and eerie.Loved it!
5By No Nick myTerrifyingly beautiful. An ode to nature and the deep will to survive.Poem to nature
4By WhitmbenA reminder of the beauty all around us within nature that we often fail to slow enough to see. A reminder of what’s important in our precious lives. A reminder of mindfulness.Love the cover
5By nana-awpMy top book for 2023! Hands down! I have been telling everyone To read this book. It’s hard to find a better writer than Lauren Groff- period. Her sentences are delicious! I fell in love with Matrix- And was so excited to hear about this novel as a diptych- or even the second in a triptych! Amazing! Buy it and cancel all appointments For a day or two!The vast wilds
5By MakitsewI felt such despair for the protagonist who just kept running in fear.A masterpiece
5By jackie rodzinskiOf poetry, literature of song and life woven together eternally. She must win the Pulitzer Prize for this.The Vaster Wilds
4By sacred heart galA poem about life and living. Interesting in its use of language and the study of life in the wilderness that is America. Worth a read.
