Claire Messud

When I started as Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, everyone told me that I had to meet Claire Messud —that she was quintessential Francophile intellectual, not to mention author of six works of fiction. We conversed about what it means to be a citizen of the world (2:04), literature (4:45), Flaubert (5:20), Algeria (7:20), and feminism (9:50)—as well as her memories of childhood vacations in the south of France (20:12). It was like talking with a friend, as you'll hear now. C'est parti.

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Claire Messud is an episode from The Thing About France by Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S..

This episode is 25:00 long.

This episode was published on May 15, 2019.

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