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This Strange Eventful History

by

Claire Messud

 



 


A 2024 New York Times Best Historical Fiction Book • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2024 • A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 • A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 • A Financial Times Best Book of 2024 • A Vogue Best Book of 2024 • An Oprah Daily Best book of the Year • A Slate Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read of 2024 • A Literary Hub Best Book of 2024 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2024 • A Bookpage Best Book of the Year • A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Best Book of 2024

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest contemporary novelists.


Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family’s history, Claire Messud animates her characters’ rich interior lives amid the social and political upheaval of the recent past. As profoundly intimate as it is expansive, 
This Strange Eventful History is “a tour de force…one of those rare novels that a reader doesn’t merely read but lives through with the characters” (Yiyun Li).


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Date and Time

Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:00 AM

Location

Virtual via Zoom.
USA

Videoconference information will be provided in an email once payment is received.

Event Contact(s)

Bradette Jepsen

Category

Social Functions

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