Fiction2014

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay
Overview
Region

Caribbean

Haiti

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Mireille, a Haitian-American lawyer, is kidnapped outside her wealthy father's gate and held for ransom. The novel moves between captivity and aftermath, exploring trauma, class inequality in Haiti, and the long work of survival.

Literary Significance

Gay's debut novel established her as a major voice in contemporary Caribbean-American literature

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