Claire Messud

USA  (1966 - )
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Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Novel nominee (1996) : When the World Was Steady
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2006) : The Emperor's Children


Claire Messud recommends
All the Days and Nights
All the Days and Nights (1995)
William Maxwell
"Scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of America's twentieth century."
The Taxi Queue
The Taxi Queue (2007)
Janet Davey
"She has an acute eye for the hairline faults that will ultimately hinder daily life."
Girl Trouble
Girl Trouble (2009)
Holly Goddard Jones
"Holly Goddard Jones is blessed with wisdom beyond her years. A gimlet eye, and an enviable literary talent... A fierce and exhilerating achievement."
The Sentimentalists
The Sentimentalists (2009)
Johanna Skibsrud
"Johanna Skibsrud's remarkable debut is a novel at once lyrical and frank, the resonantly layered portrait of a man, a family and a place that will stay with you long after you read the last page."



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