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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, 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.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and prestige.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Claire Messud
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 478
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Large Print Press, Vintage
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307264190
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