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This strange eventful history : a novel / Claire Messud.
"Over seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state—separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all. This Strange Eventful History, told with historical sweep, 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 François and Denise, devoted siblings connected by their family’s strangeness; of François’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."-- from publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393635041
- ISBN: 039363504X
- Physical Description: 428 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Pieds-Noirs > Algeria > History > Fiction. Pieds-Noirs > France > History > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Algeria > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 7 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James Public Library | MES (Text) | 35196000335120 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-08-02 |
| Castlegar Public Library | VAN62994431217455 (Text) | BCD62994431217455 | On Order | Volume hold | On order | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC MES (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100141418 | New Books Display | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC MESS (Text) | 30886001132543 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-07-02 |
| Grand Forks | FIC MES (Text) | 35142002790896 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Mes (Text) | 32665002362566 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Mess (Text) | 33294002190080 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-07-20 |
| Sechelt Public Library | F MESS (Text) | 33260100164772 | New Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-07-24 |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF MESSU (Text) | TRL37763 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
