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Arcadia

From the bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton comes a lyrical and gripping story of a great American dream. In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic, rollicking, and tragic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and after. Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group's charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, the book's protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents--including Handy and Astrid's lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle--how can Bit become his own man' How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live' With Arcadia, her first novel since her lauded debut, The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted young fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists.

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  • "In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. They include Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit, born soon after the commune. Through Bit, Arcadia follows this romantic, rollicking, and tragic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and beyond. (Bestseller)"
  • "De opbouw, bloei en het verval van een commune in de staat New York in de jaren zeventig van de 20e eeuw, gezien door de ogen van een opgroeiende jongen die er is geboren."
  • "The lyrical and haunting story of a great American dream--the progress of a utopian community and its lasting impact on a gifted young man."
  • "The lyrical and haunting story of a great American dream--the progress of a utopian community and its lasting impact on a gifted young man.--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "From the bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton comes a lyrical and gripping story of a great American dream. In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic, rollicking, and tragic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday and after. Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group's charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, the book's protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents--including Handy and Astrid's lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle--how can Bit become his own man' How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live' With Arcadia, her first novel since her lauded debut, The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted young fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists."@en
  • "In den siebziger Jahren auf dem Land in New York haben sich einige Aussteiger auf einem großen Grundstück mit einem alten Schulhaus niedergelassen. Sie haben den Traum, autark und frei zu leben, und nennen ihren Ort Arcadia. Die packende Geschichte vom romantischen Aufbruch, von Hochzeit, Niedergang und Nachwirken dieser Landkommune wird aus der Perspektive von Bit erzählt. Bit kam in Arcadia zur Welt. Als er älter ist, verliebt er sich in Helle, die aufmüpfige und selbstbewusste Tochter des charismatischen Anführers der Hippiegemeinschaft. Die Kinder wachsen ungezwungen und in enger Verbundenheit mit der Natur in geschützter Abgeschiedenheit auf. Später, nach der gewaltsamen Auflösung Arcadias, wird Bit Professor für Photographie in New York City. Helle und er haben ein Kind zusammen. Sie aber, die immer stärker war als er, ist letztlich der Wirklichkeit außerhalb Arcadias nicht gewachsen. Auch als Großstädter und obwohl die heile Welt seiner Kinderzeit untergegangen ist, bewahrt Bit die Utopie vom friedlichen Landleben in seinem Herzen. Am Ende am Grab seiner Mutter in Arcadia söhnt er sich trotz aller politischen und Umweltkatastrophen und im Bewusstsein der Irrtümer seiner Eltern mit dem widerstrebenden Nebeneinander von Traum und Realität aus."
  • "Inspired by George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dickens's Bleak Housea In the forests of western New York state in the late 1960's, several dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what becomes a famous commune on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House."
  • "Inspired by George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dickens's Bleak Housea In the forests of western New York state in the late 1960's, several dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what becomes a famous commune on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House."@en

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  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Ausgabe"

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  • "Arcadia"
  • "Arcadia"@en
  • "Arcadia : romanzo"@it
  • "Arcadia Roman"
  • "Arcadia : Roman"

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