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The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
45.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Danielle, a junior television producer, is on the hunt for the documentary idea that will make her reputation; Marina, the beautiful daughter of a famous and wealthy liberal journalist and intellectual, is desperate to prove her worth - while unsure exactly of how this is to be achieved; Julius, a freel ...Show more
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
33.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
Follows three friends and their overlapping social and family circles through their day-to-day lives, their perceived struggles and successes and their constant search for meaning and authenticity. This work is a portrait of a particular place at a particular moment and an illustration how the events of ...Show more
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
28.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
It is 2001 in Manhattan, and three thirty-year-old friends are seeking their fortunes. Danielle, a television producer, is on the hunt for the documentary idea that will make her reputation; Marina, the beautiful daughter of a famous and wealthy liberal journalist, is desperate to prove her worth; Juliu ...Show more
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
I'm halfway through my life, or maybe more, and I'm finally awake to the fact that it's in my hands alone. I've believed in other people, had faith, been patient, waiting for my moment -- enough, already. Who have I been kidding? Nora Eldridge has always been a good girl: a good daughter, colleague, fri ...Show more
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
38.00 NZD
Category: Literary fiction
June1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the viol ...Show more
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