num_pages: 479
description: The Emperor's Children is a richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune—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.Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer Danielle's success is due to the puff pieces she churns out. Freelance critic Julius can barely make ends meet. Into this mix comes Bootie, Marina's college dropout cousin, who is just the catalyst the three friends need to start making significant changes in their lives.In this tour de force, Claire Messud brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment."A robust, canny and surprisingly searching novel [told] with a light-handed irony that is, by turns, as measured as Edith Wharton's and as cutting as Tom Wolfe's… Dazzling. — Los Angeles Times
language: English
title: The Emperor's Children
titlecomplete: The Emperor's Children
genres: Fiction, Book Club, Unfinished, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, New York, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 20786
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: NAIBA Book of the Year
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Vintage Books