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An Untamed State
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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, and, 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 wilful 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.
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An Untamed State by Roxane Gay is lauded for its gripping, breathless narrative and its unique blend of emotional intensity. The novel is praised for its exploration of hope and fear, mixed with horror and despair, and is noted to captivate readers from the first sentence. It powerfully addresses global violence against women, with many reviewers stating they found it impossible to put down.
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ISBN: 9781472119827
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corsair
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Roxane Gay is the author of An Untamed State, Bad Feminist and the story collection Ayiti. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review. She is the co-editor of PANK.
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