Nominee · The Booker Prize 2006
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
2006 novel by Claire Messud
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, the celebrated author Claire Messud brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Synopsis from Open Library.
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The Booker Prize 2006
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