Claire Messud
When the World Was Steady: A Novel
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A PEN/Faulkner Award finalist about two sisters' divergent paths, from the author of The Burning Girl and The Emperor's Children.In this highly acclaimed novel, life isn't all Emmy and Virginia Simpson anticipated. When Emmy's marriage ends, she flees her home in Sydney to find herself” on the island of Bali—only to become embroiled with a crew of international misfits and smugglers. Her prim and pious sister Virginia, meanwhile, has never wandered far outside of London. Struggling to find meaning, Virginia follows her aging mother's advice to vacation on the Isle of Skye. On these two islands halfway around the world, the middle-aged sisters…
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A PEN/Faulkner Award finalist about two sisters' divergent paths, from the author of The Burning Girl and The Emperor's Children.In this highly acclaimed novel, life isn't all Emmy and Virginia Simpson anticipated. When Emmy's marriage ends, she flees her home in Sydney to find herself” on the island of Bali—only to become embroiled with a crew of international misfits and smugglers. Her prim and pious sister Virginia, meanwhile, has never wandered far outside of London. Struggling to find meaning, Virginia follows her aging mother's advice to vacation on the Isle of Skye. On these two islands halfway around the world, the middle-aged sisters confront the costs of self-knowledge and their destinies with unexpected consequences.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-35510-9
- EAN: 9780393355109
- Produktnummer: 34248753
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'513 KB
Über den Autor
Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers The Emperor's Children and The Burning Girl, and a book of essays, Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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