Literary 2006

The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud

Published in Spanish as Los hijos del emperador

Danielle, Marina and Julius are young, bright New Yorkers living at America's beating heart in the early years of the twenty-first century.

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What it is

It stays with you · melancholic and unhurried

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How it's told

Who tells it
A narrator who knows it all
Style
Literary

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like dry, sideways humour
  • you like a book that makes you think
  • you like a book that stays with you for days

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