70. Claire Messud in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
70. Claire Messud in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
“Is it a betrayal?” bestselling author Claire Messud wrote of her choice to draw on her family’s history, including relatives’ letters and memoirs, for her latest novel, This Strange Eventful History. Her answer is as rich and nuanced as this exceptional novel, chosen by Oprah, New York Magazine, The Guardian and the Globe and Mail (amongst others) as a Book of 2024 for its sweeping telling of a family through seven decades of upheaval, from 1940 to 2010. She speaks with former CBC Writers & Company host, Eleanor Wachtel, about art imitating life, the freedom and responsibility of writing family, and her process for creating such rich interior lives of characters we quickly grow to understand. Join us for a conversation with one of the finest novelists of this generation.
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