Arcadia lauren groff book review

Arcadia follows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday. 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 centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. "Even the most incidental details vibrate with life Arcadia wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in." -Ron Charles, The Washington Post But it is by no means this book's only kind of splendor." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times Groff's prose is one of the best things about Arcadia. A staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this "timeless and vast" novel filled with the "raw beauty" beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State - and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall (Janet Maslin, The New York Times).