{"product_id":"9780349127064-this-strange-eventful-history","title":"This Strange Eventful History","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003eA family torn apart by war, geography, politics, religion, over the course of three generations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*AN OPRAH DAILY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*AN OBSERVER 2024 PICK*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A GUARDIAN  2024 PICK*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those rare novels which a reader doesn't merely read but lives through with the characters . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Messud is a magnificent storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Yiyun Li\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of breathtaking historical sweep and vivid psychological intimacy, \u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563210457462,"sku":"9780349127064","price":15.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34007616.jpg?v=1753427251","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349127064-this-strange-eventful-history","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}