{"product_id":"matrix-paperback-1","title":"Matrix - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, Vulture, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, Vox, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times, USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e and more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A relentless exhibition of Groff's freakish talent. In just over 250 pages, she gives us a character study to rival Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell .\" - \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An electric reimagining . . . feminist, sensual . . . unforgettable.\" - \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling and heartbreaking.\" -\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] page-by-page pleasure as we soar with her.\" \u003ci\u003e-New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of our best American writers, and a\u003cb\u003euthor of the highly anticipated THE VASTER WILDS, \u003c\/b\u003eLauren Groff returns with this exhilarating and groundbreaking novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily supplants her desire for family, for her homeland, for the passions of her youth with something new to her: devotion to her sisters, and a conviction in her own divine visions. Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie's vision be bulwark enough? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Equally alive to the sacred and the profane, \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff's new novel, her first since \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMatrix, \u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collections \u003ci\u003eDelicate Edible Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won the Story Prize and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Groff's work regularly appears in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and else­where, and she was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 2017 Best Young American Novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.94 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120325005447,"sku":"9781594634505","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/96439a45f289389cfc8b6b7ed94cbed7.webp?v=1732546526","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/matrix-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}