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Commentary on An Untamed State frequently cites the novel's emphasis on fairy tale. Reviewing the novel for the Los Angeles Times , Chris Daley suggests the fairy tale theme serves to translate unspeakable trauma: "Written from Mireille's perspective, 'An Untamed State' is an account of what is normally unaccountable: a level of trauma that, even if it is survived, is often too painful to relate.
May 6, 2014 · 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 ...
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May 9, 2014 · Roxane Gay’s striking debut novel, “An Untamed State,” is a fairy tale in this vein, its complex and fragile moral arrived at through great pain and high cost. An assistant professor of ...
- Holly Bass
An Untamed State is a harrowing, suspenseful novel about the connections between sexual violence and political rage, narrated in a voice at once traumatized and eerily controlled. Roxane Gay is a remarkable writer, an astute observer of Haitian society and a deeply sympathetic, unflinching chronicler of the compromises people make in order to survive under the most extreme conditions.
May 7, 2014 · An Untamed State is told mostly from the perspective of Mireille Duval Jameson, a stubborn, quick-tempered daughter of Haitian immigrants who’s a mother to a baby boy and wife to a handsome, all ...
- Nolan Feeney
May 6, 2014 · Among the strongest achievements of this novel is that Mireille’s story feels complete and whole while emphasizing its essential brokenness. A cutting and resonant debut. 3. Pub Date: May 6, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8021-2251-3. Page Count: 368. Publisher: Black Cat/Grove. Review Posted Online: March 12, 2014. Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 2014.
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The powerful, unflinching story of a Haitian-American woman kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child. Gina Prince-Bythewood. Director, Writer. Roxane Gay. Writer. The powerful, unflinching story of a Haitian-American woman kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child.
