PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction (nominee)
This is an exploration of divergent lives, those of two sisters, Virginia and Emmy. Virginia has lived all her life with her domineering mother; Emmy emigrated to Australia and set up house there with a rich husband. In middle age, both sisters find themselves facing crises.
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Used availability for Claire Messud's When the World Was Steady
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Hardback Editions
September 1995 : Hardback
 | Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-9645611-0-7 / 978-0-9645611-0-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Granta (NY) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1994 : Hardback
| Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-14-014099-9 / 978-0-14-014099-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books / Granta Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Hardback
| Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-330-48816-3 / 978-0-330-48816-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2007 : Paperback
 | Title: When the World Was Steady (Vintage) Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-307-27951-0 / 978-0-307-27951-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2007 : Paperback
 | Title: When The World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-330-48817-1 / 978-0-330-48817-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1998 : Paperback
 | Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 1-86207-124-1 / 9781862071247 (UK edition) Publisher: Granta Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 1996 : Paperback
 | Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud Publisher: Granta (NY) Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 1996 : Paperback
 | Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-9645611-3-1 / 978-0-9645611-3-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Granta (NY) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1995 : Paperback
| Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud ISBN: 0-14-014100-6 / 978-0-14-014100-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books / Granta Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1994 : Paperback
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Other Editions
September 2011 : Kindle edition
 | Title: When the World Was Steady (Vintage) Author(s): Claire Messud Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon More details... |
February 2011 : Kindle edition
 | Title: When the World Was Steady Author(s): Claire Messud Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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