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Claire Messud

Claire Messud is the author of the novels When the World Was Steady, The Last Life, The Emperor’s Children, and, most recently, The Woman Upstairs. The Wall Street Journal has said: “The Woman Upstairs is unquestionably a breakthrough for the writer. . . .A rare work of fiction seemingly destined to become a cultural benchmark.”Booklist has said: “With exhilarating velocity, fury, and wit. . .Messud’s scorching social anatomy, red-hot psychology, galvanizing story, and incandescent language make for an all-circuits-firing novel about enthrallment, ambition, envy, and betrayal. A tour de force portraying a no longer invisible or silent ‘woman upstairs.’” The Miami Herald has said: “Every new Claire Messud novel is a reason to rejoice… The Woman Upstairs…solidifies Messud’s place among our greatest contemporary writers.”











When: Tue., Mar. 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Where: Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
718-544-2996
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Claire Messud is the author of the novels When the World Was Steady, The Last Life, The Emperor’s Children, and, most recently, The Woman Upstairs. The Wall Street Journal has said: “The Woman Upstairs is unquestionably a breakthrough for the writer. . . .A rare work of fiction seemingly destined to become a cultural benchmark.”Booklist has said: “With exhilarating velocity, fury, and wit. . .Messud’s scorching social anatomy, red-hot psychology, galvanizing story, and incandescent language make for an all-circuits-firing novel about enthrallment, ambition, envy, and betrayal. A tour de force portraying a no longer invisible or silent ‘woman upstairs.’” The Miami Herald has said: “Every new Claire Messud novel is a reason to rejoice… The Woman Upstairs…solidifies Messud’s place among our greatest contemporary writers.”

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