The Last Life
Claire Messud
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Éditeur:
Open Road Media
Open Road Media
Protection:
Filigrane
Filigrane
Année de parution:
2000
2000
ISBN-13:
9780547563855
Description:
<DIV><B>A “mesmerizing” novel of a family falling apart by the <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author of <I>The Burning Girl</I>.</B><BR />  <BR /> Set in colonial Algeria, the south of France, and New England, and narrated by a fifteen-year-old girl with a ruthless regard for the truth, <I>The Last Life</I> is the tale of the LaBasse family, whose quiet integrity is shattered by the shots from a grandfather’s rifle. As their world suddenly begins to crumble, long-hidden shame emerges: a son abandoned by the family before he was even born, a mother whose identity is not what she has claimed, and a father whose act of defiance brings Hotel Bellevue—the family business—to its knees.<BR />  <BR /> From the PEN/Faulkner Award-nominated author of <I>The Emperor’s Children</I>, named one of the best books of the year by the <I>New York Times Book Review</I>, this novel skillfully reveals how the stories we tell ourselves, and the lies to which we cling, can turn on us in a moment.<BR />  <BR /> “[A] tour de force . . . every step feels stunningly sure.” —<I>Vogue</I><BR />  </DIV>
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