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Podcast: The Shakespeare and Company Interview
Episode: Claire Messud on A Dream Life
Description: This week we’re joined by Claire Messud to discuss A Dream Life, her drily funny, deeply perceptive story about displacement, and class, and social climbing, and the effect that having domestic staff can have not only on one’s family, but on one’s sense of self.
Buy A Dream Life here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9781649697295/a-dream-life
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“A perfect frolic of a book, puffed on breezes of beauty and wit: it waltzes you through a little fear, a little darkness, and tips you out, refreshed and laughing, into the sun.” He...