"Once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down. "An
Untamed State" is a novel of hope intermingled with fear, a book
about possibilities mixed with horror and despair. It is written at
a pace that will match your racing heart, and while you find
yourself shocked, amazed, devastated, you also dare to hope for the
best, for all involved."--Edwidge Danticat, author of "Breath,
Eyes, Memory" and "The Dew Breaker"
Roxane Gay is a powerful new literary voice whose short stories and
essays have already earned her an enthusiastic audience. In "An
Untamed State," she delivers an assured debut about a woman
kidnapped for ransom, her captivity as her father refuses to pay
and her husband fights for her release over thirteen days, and her
struggle to come to terms with the ordeal in its aftermath.
Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. The strong-willed
youngest daughter of one of Haiti's richest sons, she has an
adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a
perfect life. The fairy tale ends one day when Mireille is
kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily armed men, in
front of her father's Port au Prince estate. Held captive by a man
who calls himself The Commander, Mireille waits for her father to
pay her ransom. As it becomes clear her father intends to resist
the kidnappers, Mireille must endure the torments of a man who
resents everything she represents.
"An Untamed State" is a novel of privilege in the face of crushing
poverty, and of the lawless anger that corrupt governments produce.
It is the story of a willful woman attempting to find her way back
to the person she once was, and of how redemption is found in the
most unexpected of places. "An Untamed State" establishes Roxane
Gay as a writer of prodigious, arresting talent.
"From the astonishing first line to the final scene, "An Untamed
State" is magical and dangerous. I could not put it down. Pay
attention to Roxane Gay; she's here to stay."--Tayari Jones, author
of "Silver Sparrow" and "Leaving Atlanta"
" Haiti's] better scribes, among them Edwidge Danticat,
Franketienne, Madison Smartt Bell, Lyonel Trouillot, and Marie
Vieux Chavet, have produced some of the best literature in the
world. . . . Add to their ranks Roxane Gay, a bright and shining
star."--Kyle Minor, author of "In the Devil's Territory," on
"Ayiti"
General
Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
May 2014 |
Authors: |
Roxane Gay
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 141 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
370 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-2251-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-8021-2251-5 |
Barcode: |
9780802122513 |
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