The Hunters: Two Short Novels
- ISBN-10
- 1509842063
- ISBN-13
- 9781509842063
- Series
- The Hunters
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-22
- Publisher
- Picador
- Author
- Claire Messud
Description
Claire Messudâe(tm)s two exquisite short novels, acclaimed for their subtlety, their insight and their dazzling prose, are destined to become masterpieces of twenty-first-century literature. âe~Claire Messudâe(tm)s two brilliant novellas are exquisitely positioned: poised, subtle and perfect, they communicate with each other across expanses of silence like works of art. It is almost startling to encounter writing of this quality . . . This is masterly prose âe" modest, authentic, compassionate, interested and majestically complete . . . These two small masterpieces reflect and complement one another so as to form something larger, a work of tremendous scope and significance. I can think of few writers capable of such thrilling seriousness expressed with so lavish a giftâe(tm) Evening Standard âe~Messud proves to be as much an accomplished storyteller as an immaculate stylist . . . She is a mistress of parenthesis, the telling aside, the unspoken . . . With the short novel, Claire Messud, like Alice Munro, has found her ideal formâe(tm) Daily Telegraph Two short novels of remarkable power and artistry that outweigh works twice or thrice their size . . . They achieve their aim quite beautifullyâe(tm) Financial Times âe~Messud is an expert storyteller. Her style is precise and illuminating, transforming the mundane into the unusual . . . dazzlingâe(tm) Observer
