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ANewYorkTimesBookReviewNotableBook•AWashingtonPostTopTenBookoftheYear•AChicagoTribuneNoteworthyBook•AHuffingtonPostBestBook•ABostonGlobeBestBookoftheYear•AKirkusBestFictionBook•AGoodreadsBestBookNoraEldridgeisareliable,butunremarkable,friendandneighbor,alwaysonthefringeofotherpeople’sachievements.ButthearrivaloftheShahidfamily—dashingSkandar,aLebanesescholar,glamorousSirena,anItalianartist,andtheirson,Reza—drawsherintoacomplexandexcitingnewworld.Nora’shappinesspushesherbeyondherboundaries,untilSirena’scarelessambitionleadstoashatteringbetrayal.Toldwithurgency,intimacy,andpiercingemotion,thisNewYorkTimesbestsellingnovelistherivetingconfessionofawomanawakened,transformed,andabandonedbyadesireforaworldbeyondherown.
作者简介
ClaireMessud’sTheEmperor’sChildren,wasaNewYorkTimes,LosAngelesTimes,andWashingtonPostBestBookoftheYear.Herfirstnovel,WhentheWorldWasSteady,andherbookofnovellas,TheHunters,werebothfinalistsforthePEN/FaulknerAward;andhersecondnovel,TheLastLife,wasaPublishersWeeklyBestBookoftheYearandEditor’sChoiceatTheVillageVoice.AllfourbookswerenamedNewYorkTimesNotableBooksoftheYear.MessudhasbeenawardedGuggenheimandRadcliffeFellowshipsandtheStraussLivingAwardfromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.ShelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts,withherhusbandandchildren.