{"product_id":"the-last-life-paperback","title":"The Last Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Messud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between colonial Algeria, the south of France, and New England, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Life\u003c\/em\u003e is Claire Messud's \"masterly\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) sophomore novel of lies and ghosts, love and honor. When shots from a grandfather's rifle shatter the LaBasse family's quiet integrity, 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, a father whose act of defiance brings Hotel Bellevue--the family business--to its knees. Unforgettably narrated by a fifteen-year-old girl with a ruthless regard for truth, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"phenomenally controlled tour de force\" (Sarah Kerr, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Messud textures her novel with all the sensory pleasures that bind us to life, and fills it with characters who helplessly respond to each other's unspoken signals and nuances.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Original, intense, and gripping.\"--Gabriele Annan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45817738461381,"sku":"9780393881790","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/NFd4SFk0bS9YYTBqQ2F4emMrajc4Zz09.webp?v=1771045710","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-last-life-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}