Claire Messud

• Sep-1999
• / General Fiction
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"The beginning, as I take it, was the summer night of my fifteenth year when my grandfather shot at me...." Narrated by Sagesse LaBasse, a young French-American woman with a ruthless regard for truth, The Last Life reveals the secret histories of a h...

• Aug-2001
• / General Fiction
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From the acclaimed author of The Emperor’s Children and The Burning Girl, The Hunters is “a work of near-miraculous perfection” (Miranda Seymour, New York Times).In two jewel-like novellas, Claire Messud explores isolation and the nature of lov...

• Sep-2006
• / General Fiction
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The Emperor's Children is a richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune--about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way--and not--in New York City. In this tour de force, ce...

• May-2007
• / General Fiction
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In a debut novel of remarkable breadth and intimate insight, Claire Messud tells the story of two middle-aged sisters and the divergent life paths chosen by each. On Bali and Skye, two islands as far apart as geography allows, the sisters reassess th...

• Oct-2008
• / General Fiction
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• May-2013
• / Literary
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Emperor’s Children, a masterly new novel: the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed and betrayed by a desire for a world beyond her own. Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teache...

• Sep-2017
• / Literary
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A bracing, hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet t...

• Oct-2021
• / Women's Fiction
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A JEWEL OF A NOVEL BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CLAIRE MESSUD.When the Armstrong family moves from New York at the dawn of the 1970s, Australia feels, to Alice Armstrong, like the end of the earth. Residing in a grand manor on the glittering Sydney H...

• May-2024
• / Literary
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One of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2024 • One of New York magazine's "23 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2024" • One of The Guardian's "Books to Look Out for in 2024" • One of The Globe & Mail's Most Anticipated Books of 2024 �...