{"product_id":"an-untamed-state-paperback","title":"An Untamed State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down. \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of hope intermingled with fear, a book about possibilities mixed with horror and despair. It is written at a pace that will match your racing heart, and while you find yourself shocked, amazed, devastated, you also dare to hope for the best, for all involved.\" --Edwidge Danticat, author of \u003cem\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dew Breaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoxane Gay is a powerful new literary voice whose short stories and essays have already earned her an enthusiastic audience. In \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e, she delivers an assured debut about a woman kidnapped for ransom, her captivity as her father refuses to pay and her husband fights for her release over thirteen days, and her struggle to come to terms with the ordeal in its aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMireille 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, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e 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 willful 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. \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e establishes Roxane Gay as a writer of prodigious, arresting talent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"From the astonishing first line to the final scene, \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e is magical and dangerous. I could not put it down. Pay attention to Roxane Gay; she's here to stay.\" --Tayari Jones, author of \u003cem\u003eSilver Sparrow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeaving Atlanta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Haiti's] better scribes, among them Edwidge Danticat, Franketienne, Madison Smartt Bell, Lyonel Trouillot, and Marie Vieux Chavet, have produced some of the best literature in the world. . . . Add to their ranks Roxane Gay, a bright and shining star.\" --Kyle Minor, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Devil's Territory\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eAyiti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROXANE GAY\u003c\/strong\u003e is also the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e; the story collection\u003cem\u003e Difficult Women\u003c\/em\u003e; the novel \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; the essay collection \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e; and several comic books in Marvel's \u003cem\u003eBlack Panther: World of Wakanda\u003c\/em\u003e series. She divides her time between Indiana and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728986861875,"sku":"9780802122513","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VTNhQXZyOE9SYzh1NlJsNVlQUytuZz09.webp?v=1763798724","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/an-untamed-state-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}