This Strange Eventful History

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A family torn apart by war, geography, politics, religion, over the course of three generations

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'One of those rare novels which a reader doesn't merely read but lives through with the characters . . . Claire Messud is a magnificent storyteller' Yiyun Li

June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the violence of that cataclysm is not the same as emerging unscathed. The family will never again be whole.

A work of breathtaking historical sweep and vivid psychological intimacy, This Strange Eventful History charts the Cassars' unfolding story as its members move between Salonica and Algeria, the US, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia and France - their itinerary shaped as much by a search for an elusive wholeness, as by the imperatives of politics, faith, family, industry and desire.

Naše katalógové číslo: 2591149

Originálny názov: This Strange Eventful History

Väzba: brožovaná väzba

Rozmer: 153×232 mm

Hmotnosť: 580 g

ISBN: 9780349127064

Rok vydania: 2024

Štýl: historický

Jazyk: angličtina

Pôvod: zahraničný, Spojené štáty

Vydavateľstvo: Fleet

Pre koho: pre dospelých

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