{"product_id":"9780349127071","title":"This Strange Eventful History","description":"Author: Claire Messud\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349127071\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic family odyssey' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the Cassar family is buffeted by conflict, struggling to find its feet - separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/i\u003e is above all a family story: of patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them and stifles their children; of Fran ois and Denise, devoted siblings connected by their family's strangeness; of Fran ois's union with Barbara, a woman so culturally different they can barely comprehend one another; of Chloe, the result of that union, who believes that telling these buried stories will bring them all peace.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired in part by her own family's history, Claire Messud animates her characters' rich interior lives amid the social and political upheaval of the recent past. \u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/i\u003e is an immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] wise and insightful novel about identity and family' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rich, sprawling saga... \u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/i\u003e may be Messud's finest book' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491607859358,"sku":"ADS-9780349127071","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349127071.jpg?v=1770594915","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349127071","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}