Lauren Groff’s next novel is set in the 17th-century American wilderness.

That’s the same perilous American wilderness that almost killed Leonardo DiCaprio, except 200 years younger, sprier and, one would assume, significantly more bear-ful. Now, I don’t know how many bears feature in three-time National Book Award finalist, Guggenheim fellow, and winner of the Story Prize Lauren Groff’s fifth novel, The Vaster Wilds, which (per Publishers […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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