The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud

The Emperor's Children

“An American classic. A grand portrait of one of the world's most fascinating cities.” Booker Prize Jury.

MARCH 2001. In New York, Marina, Danielle, and Julius keep alive the friendship that has bound them since university. They would leave their mark on the world, they swore back then. Now, however, they are on the verge of thirty and confronting the discrepancy between their ambitions and reality. The chasm between youthful dreams and the concessions of adulthood looms large. Danielle, a television producer, feels her talent wasted on mundane reports. Julius, a freelance critic, lives by his wits, charm, and volatile intelligence. Marina, daughter of the celebrated journalist and essayist Murray Thwaite, remains at her parents' home, unable to finish the book that should reveal her genius. But the fragile balance of their lives is about to be shaken. The arrival of Ludovic Seeley, a seductive and calculating Australian editor, and Bootie, an ambitious self-taught young man, will unleash a chain of events capable of forever transforming their destinies. With intelligence, sensibility, and irony, Claire Messud portrays a generation confronted with the end of its illusions on the eve of the day that changed the world forever.

Work Details

• Author: Claire Messud
• Publisher: Asa - Escolha da Editora
• Category: Translated Literature
• Number of pages: 560
• Cover: Softcover