After the excellent work of Florence SeyvosEditions de l’Olivier offers us a quality author on the foreign literature side in the person of Lauren Groff.
Lauren Groff is an author that we follow at Froggy’s Delight since we have already reviewed Matrix and Florida, published respectively in 2023 and 2019. These works also feature Les Furies made Lauren Groff one of the most important American authors of her generation.
A young girl seems lost in the heart of the darkest forest. We are in the 17th century, in a territory that would become the United States. She has just escaped, she is running away from servitude and bullying. Now we have to survive. This is the pitch for this new work by Lauren Groff.
The untamed landsa fantastic title by the way, it is the story of a woman who tries to escape, who flees to save herself with the hope that nature will be her closest ally. The Untamed Lands is also a work carried by the sublime writing of the author, whether when she describes this woman to us but also when she speaks to us of the nature that surrounds her, of the beauty of the world too.
It’s dark, very dark even, which may seem normal since it tells us about a girl trying to survive. But it is also a work that is full of emotions and pain. His life is an ordeal, perfectly felt by the reader. The Untamed Lands is one of those survival novels that we hold in our hands without wanting or being able to let go. The Untamed Lands is also a great adventure novel, breathtaking, lyrical, carried by writing in a state of grace.
-The Untamed Lands is also the story of a woman who shows us how we can sometimes prefer nature, however harsh it may be, to the wickedness and cruelty of men. She lives nature, dreams nature, feels this nature.
Reading is not easy, the details and descriptions of this survival sometimes require a strong heart but very often the emotions prevail when we follow the difficult learning of the life of the heroine who He keeps falling to get up better.
Once again, Lauren Groff offers us a very beautiful work, a sensory reading which captivates the reader who cannot remain closed to the story of the young girl she tells us. A book to read, therefore, an obvious choice.
