Fates and Furies

Lauren Groff In conversation with Julie Robinson, founder, Literary Affairs
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015 | 7:15pm Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library

The award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia delivers an exhilarating new novel about the creative partnership of marriage, and the yoke joining love, art, and power. Framed in Greek mythology and told from the opposing perspectives of husband and wife, Fates and Furies digs beneath the surface of a “good” marriage and vividly explores the duplicitous nature of a loving, yet surprisingly complicated relationship over the course of 24 years. One of the most talented writers of her generation, Groff visits ALOUD to discuss her dazzling literary masterpiece that will stir both the mind and the heart.

Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff is the author of two novels, The Monsters of Templeton (New York Times bestseller), and Arcadia (New York Times extended bestseller), as well as the short-story collection Delicate, Edible Birds. Her short stories have appeared in magazines including The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The Atlantic Monthly, and in several Best American Short Stories anthologies. Groff’s fiction has won the Paul Bowles Prize, the Medici Book Club Prize, the Pen/O. Henry Prize, and the Pushcart Prize, and been shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize.

Julie Robinson

Julie Robinson is the founder and creative force behind Literary Affairs and The Beverly Hills Literary Escape. She runs over 30 book clubs per month, as well as leading Classic Literary Luncheons, Literary Tours and more.

 

 

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Main image: Cover art from Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

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