A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024
AN OPRAH DAILY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024
AN OBSERVER 2024 PICK
A GUARDIAN 2024 PICK
“One of those rare novels that a reader does not simply read, but lives through its characters… Claire Messud is a wonderful storyteller.” - Yiyun Li
June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, dedicated husband and father, currently a military attache in Thessaloniki - bids farewell to his beloved wife, his aunt, and his children, placing his faith in God that they will reunite after the war. But escaping the violence of this cataclysm is not the same as emerging unscathed. The family will never be whole again.
A work of stunning historical scope and vivid psychological intimacy, “This Strange Eventful History” traces the unfolding story of the Cassar family as its members move between Thessaloniki and Algeria, the USA, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia, and France - their course shaped as much by a quest for elusive wholeness as by the dictates of politics, faith, family, industry, and desire.
Pages: 448, Year of Publication: 2024, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm
