The Burning Girl
'[messud] is an absolute master storyteller' los angeles times
$34.19
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2018
Summary
The Burning Girl: A Novel of Friendship Forged in Fire
A bracing and hypnotic portrait of the complexities of female friendship
‘Messud is a storyteller: the ability to compel and hold the reader’s interest may not be the crown and summit of novel writing, but it’s the beginning and end of it’ Ursula K. Le Guin
Julia Robinson and Cassie Burnes have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780708898611 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0708898610 |
| Author: | Claire Messud |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Fleet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 189g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Messud writes about happiness, and about infatuation - about love - more convincingly than any author I’ve encountered in years
Emotionally intense and quietly haunting - Kirkus ReviewsThe Woman Upstairs was a clever, audacious portrayal of an untrustworthy protagonist. Informed by the same sophisticated intelligence and elegant prose, but gaining new poignant depths, this novel is haunting and emotionally gripping - Publishers WeeklyAbout The Author
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.
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