This strange eventful history : a novel
Messud, Claire, 1966-2024
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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.
Main title:
This strange eventful history : a novel / Claire Messud.
Author:
Messud, Claire, 1966-, author
Imprint:
London : Fleet, 2024.
Collation:
428 pages : maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349127057 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3773720