The Hunters (Paperback)

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From the acclaimed author of The Emperor’s Children and The Burning Girl, The Hunters is “a work of near-miraculous perfection” (Miranda Seymour, New York Times).


In two jewel-like novellas, Claire Messud explores isolation and the nature of love. “A Simple Tale” is the moving story of Maria Poniatowski, an aging Ukrainian woman who, after liberation from servitude to the Germans, struggles with a new life in Canada. What of the past is she able to preserve, without burdening her present? “The Hunters,” the second novella, tells the story of an American academic in London who grows obsessed with the neighbors downstairs. Loneliness breeds an active imagination, one that may be destructive.



About the Author


Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she teaches at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Praise For…


"A marvelously subtle and poignant work, richly visualized, intensely written, compassionate without a hint of sentimentality....exceptional, a work of near-miraculous perfection."
— Miranda Seymour - New York Times

"Extremely well crafted....[Claire Messud is] a literary intelligence far surpassing most other writers of her generation."
— Alan Cheuse - San Francisco Chronicle

"Messud's particular talent lies in her subtle crafting of the limits of the exile's inner world."
— Chicago Tribune
Product Details
ISBN: 9780393541816
ISBN-10: 0393541819
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: August 3rd, 2021
Pages: 208
Language: English