by Claire Messud · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072923777
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«Avant le bouleversement du monde» is the novel by Claire Messud, published by Gallimard in paperback (400 pages, in French).
Two sisters, Emmy and Virginia, lead opposite lives. Emmy, settled in Australia, flees her failed marriage to the mountains of Bali; Virginia, deeply religious, has never left London, but upon losing her faith travels to the Isle of Skye. In the midst of the storm, they will try to find their place in the world.
Original title: 'When the World Was Steady' (1994). French edition of 2021 in Folio no. 6955, translation by Béatrice Guisse-Lardit; nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award.
For readers of literary fiction and those seeking stories about family bonds and personal reinvention.
Claire Messud is an American/Canadian/French novelist and literature and creative writing professor. She is best known as the author of the novel The Emperor's Children (2006).
