false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256131482m/571088.jpg 3648 17 From a writer "of near-miraculous perfection" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</I>) and "a literary intelligence far surpassing most other writers of her generation" (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</I>), <i>The Emperor's Children</I> is a dazzling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way--and not--in New York City. There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite--an "It" girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist--and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray's nephew, Frederick "Bootie" Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie's unexpected decisions--and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome--that will change each of their lives forever. A richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune--of innocence and experience, seduction and self-invention; of ambition, including literary ambition; of glamour, disaster, and promise -- <i>The Emperor's Children</I> is a tour de force that brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment. 3255539 book 29 8 2006 The Emperor's Children total:7712|5:447|4:1679|3:2691|2:1940|1:955| 7712 21859 10464 1719 0 24 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 10:27:08 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 10:28:20 -0700 2007
This is a question I have been sleeping fitfully on. I finished The Emperor's Children last night and I really wanted to be able to post a wholly enthusiastic assessment of it here, but I can't. First, let's get rid of business. This is a book that h...more...]]> 1 19 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 14 19:25:48 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 19:39:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 13 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 07:47:44 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 09:04:19 -0700 2007
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At over 400 pages, The Emperor's Children is long, but I raced through it, inhaling sect...more...]]> 1 5 false false Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 07:25:34 -0800 2008 Mon May 05 09:07:41 -0700 2008
I hated this book. Hated. I must not be smart enough to "get it", since I didn't go to Brown and all. But really, (can you not put entire sentences in parenthesis) within your other run...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 05:58:43 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 18:32:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Aug 22 06:41:13 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 08:09:47 -0700 2007 The Emperor's Children will end. Claire Messud's novel follows a group of New Yorkers, all connected in some way, during the summer and fall of 2001, culminating with the terrorist attacks of September 11. The tragedy is unavoidable and, for the reader, completely foreseen. But th...more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 07:07:26 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 06:27:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Jun 03 00:39:16 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 20:18:39 -0700 2008 1 3 false false Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 15 01:52:07 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 01:52:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Nov 25 08:36:19 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 11:07:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 19:22:16 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 19:44:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun May 06 12:25:58 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 02:15:20 -0700 2007
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Oh right, because I’m a thirty-something in New York City. Unfortunately, the thirty-somethings in the novel are...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 05 14:36:48 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 14:36:48 -0800 2008 3 2 false false Tue May 22 08:49:44 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 09:12:02 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=571088