The Last Life
Author: Claire Messud
Remembrance of Things Past”I find myself wanting to translate the world inside…”Sagesse LaBasse, the teenage protagonist of Claire Messud’s The Last Life, lives in a fragile world held together by the secrets of its past. Her family owns the Hotel Bellevue, a summer retreat for the well-to-do, set on the cliffs of southern France; the view is back toward Algeria, which h….Read More
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