An Untamed State
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| Author | Roxane Gay |
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Publication date | 2014 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-2251-3 |
An Untamed State is the debut novel of writer Roxane Gay, first published in 2014 by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.[1]
Plot
While vacationing with her husband and child in Haiti, Mireille Jameson is kidnapped. When her father refuses to pay her ransom she is gang-raped and tortured by her captors and kept imprisoned for 13 days before finally being released.
Reception
An Untamed State received positive reviews upon publication. Nolan Feeney writing for Time (magazine) called it a "riveting debut" that " captivates from its opening sentence and doesn’t let go." The A.V. Club awarded it an A letter grade and praised it as "a gripping psychological portrait of how trauma remakes the body to respond only to itself."[2]
Adaptation
In March of 2016 director Gina Prince-Bythewood announced she would be adaptating the novel into a feature film. The project would be co-written by herself and Gay and would star Gugu Mbatha-Raw[3]
References
- ↑ An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
- ↑ "An Untamed State · Roxane Gay · Book Review · The A.V. Club". avclub.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike. "Gugu Mbatha-Raw To Star, Gina Prince-Bythewood To Helm ‘An Untamed State’". Retrieved 22 March 2016.