Messud, Claire

This Strange Eventful History: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

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ISBN 13:: 9780349127057
author:: Messud, Claire
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Fleet
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 448
Dimensions:: 23.6 x 16.2 x 4.4 centimetres (0
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud is a sweeping family saga that spans three generations and multiple continents. Against the backdrop of war, politics, and social change, the Cassar family's story unfolds as they search for a sense of wholeness and belonging. From the fall of Paris in 1940 to the present day, the Cassars' journey takes them to various parts of the world, shaped by a complex interplay of personal desire, family ties, and external forces. This powerful and poignant novel charts the family's struggles to come to terms with their past and find a way forward. With its vivid psychological intimacy and breathtaking historical sweep, This Strange Eventful History is a compelling and ambitious work of fiction that explores the human experience in all its complexity.

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