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Title	:	An Untamed State
Author	:	Roxane Gay
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	May 6th 2014 by Grove Press, Black Cat
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Literary Fiction. Feminism

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 16671 Users | 2818 Reviews

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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, 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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Original Title:	An Untamed State
ISBN:	0802122515 (ISBN13: 9780802122513)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	PEN Open Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2015), The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2014)

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A profound and heart-achingly beautiful novel about one woman's journey through hell and back..I have to start off by saying that this book is not for everyone. There are graphic, sexual assault scenes that could be triggering for certain individuals. This book takes place in Haiti and it details a womans experience in captivity. In the beginning of the book, Gay sets a dark overtone for the reader immediately. The protagonist, Miri is dragged out of her car by armed men directly in front of

The reviews and cover blurbs led me to expect a serious literary tale of kidnapping and the class divisions between the wealthy and poor in Haiti. But what I got instead was a Lifetime movie of the week. (There's certainly nothing wrong with Lifetime movies if you know that's what to expect). Chapters alternated between the present day kidnapping and flashbacks to the past, mostly telling the tale of when Mireille and her husband met and married. The scenes with the kidnappers were brutal and

A truly harrowing story. I listened to the audiobook which was terrific. Well worth the read.4 out of 5 stars

Pretty decent debut novel. Protagonist loves to exhale.

Written in the form of a fairy tale, An Untamed State has two parts: there is the before, when Mirielle and Michael are happy and oblivious and the after, when she has endured the horrific violence of a kidnapping in Haiti. Mirielle and Michael and their infant son, Cristophe, are visiting Mirielle's parents who live in their native Haiti, when she is taken by armed and violent men. Michael is impotent in the face of the assault, as he continues to be. But the real villain in the piece is

An Untamed State Roxane Gay, is an American writer, professor, editor, blogger, and commentatorThe U.S. official Government policy concerning the release of prisoners and demands for ransoms reads: The U.S. Government will make no concessions to terrorists holding official or private U.S. citizens hostage. It will not pay ransom, release prisoners, change its policies, or agree to other acts that might encourage additional terrorism. There's of course a significant difference in the way we

Haiti. "A country of contrast between beauty and brutality". Impoverished. Overpopulated. Oppressed. Unbearable heat. A countrys whose industry is abduction. This is where the story starts. For Mierelle, an American visiting her Haitian family, she becomes the currency being negotiated. Her father refuses to be comply with the $1M ransom. The cost: Thirteen days of sexual and psychological trauma. Thirteen days of dying. A lifetime to recover. In the before, life was a fairytale. In the after,