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Claire Messud's 'This Strange Eventful History' is obliterated by its author's self-importance. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024.
2/10
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This Strange Eventful History: June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar – honourable 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. As the Cassars move between Salonica and Algeria, the US, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia, and France – their itinerary is shaped as much by a search for an elusive wholeness, as by the imperatives of politics, faith, family, industry, and desire.
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Claire Messud's 'This Strange Eventful History' is obliterated by its author's self-importance. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024.
2/10
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thediscoking
This Strange Eventful History: June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar – honourable 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. As the Cassars move between Salonica and Algeria, the US, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia, and France – their itinerary is shaped as much by a search for an elusive wholeness, as by the imperatives of politics, faith, family, industry, and desire.
Thanks for watching, and remember: don’t forget the salts.
#bookerprize #bookerprize2024 #booktube #booktuber #clairemessud #bookreview #bookreviews
