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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard (2003, Hardcover)....
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Title
- THE GREAT FIRE
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Subject
- HISTORIAL
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 20th Century
- Cultural Region
- American Literature
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780374166441
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374166447
ISBN-13
9780374166441
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1758468
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great Fire
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-049189
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"I wish there were a set of words like 'brilliant' and 'dazzling' that we saved for only the rarest occasions, so that when I tell you The Great Fire is brilliant and dazzling you would know it is the absolute truth. This is a book that is worth a twenty-year wait." --Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto "Shirley Hazzard has written an hypnotic novel that unfolds like a dream: Japan, Southeast Asia, the end of one war and the beginning of another, the colonial order gone, and at the center of it all, a love story." --Joan Didion " The Great Fire is a brilliant, brave and sublimely-written novel that allows the literate reader 'the consolation of having touched infinity.' This wonderful book, which must be read at least twice simply to savor Hazzard's sentences and set-pieces, is among the most transcendent works I've ever had the pleasure of reading." --Anita Shreve, "I wish there were a set of words like 'brilliant' and 'dazzling' that we saved for only the rarest occasions, so that when I tell youThe Great Fireis brilliant and dazzling you would know it is the absolute truth. This is a book that is worth a twenty-year wait." --Ann Patchett, author ofBel Canto "Shirley Hazzard has written an hypnotic novel that unfolds like a dream: Japan, Southeast Asia, the end of one war and the beginning of another, the colonial order gone, and at the center of it all, a love story." --Joan Didion "The Great Fireis a brilliant, brave and sublimely-written novel that allows the literate reader 'the consolation of having touched infinity.' This wonderful book, which must be read at least twice simply to savor Hazzard's sentences and set-pieces, is among the most transcendent works I've ever had the pleasure of reading." --Anita Shreve, "I wish there were a set of words like 'brilliant' and 'dazzling' that we saved for only the rarest occasions, so that when I tell you The Great Fire is brilliant and dazzling you would know it is the absolute truth. This is a book that is worth a twenty-year wait." --Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto "Shirley Hazzard has written an hypnotic novel that unfolds like a dream: Japan, Southeast Asia, the end of one war and the beginning of another, the colonial order gone, and at the center of it all, a love story." --Joan Didion "The Great Fire is a brilliant, brave and sublimely-written novel that allows the literate reader 'the consolation of having touched infinity.' This wonderful book, which must be read at least twice simply to savor Hazzard's sentences and set-pieces, is among the most transcendent works I've ever had the pleasure of reading." --Anita Shreve
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
A great writers sweeping story of men and women struggling to reclaim their lives in the aftermath of world conflict "The Great Fire" is Shirley Hazzards first novel since "The Transit of Venus," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981. The conflagration of her title is the Second World War. In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, Aldred Leith, a brave and brilliant soldier, finds that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. Helen Driscoll, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself. In the looming shadow of world enmities resumed, and of Asias coming centrality in world affairs, a man and a woman seek to recover self-reliance, balance, and tenderness, struggling to reclaim their humanity. "The Great Fire" is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction., A great writer's sweeping story of men and women struggling to reclaim their lives in the aftermath of world conflict The Great Fire is Shirley Hazzard's first novel since The Transit of Venus , which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981. The conflagration of her title is the Second World War. In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, Aldred Leith, a brave and brilliant soldier, finds that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. HelenDriscoll, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls in love, and in the process discovers herself. In the looming shadow of world enmities resumed, and of Asia's coming centrality in world affairs, a man and a woman seek to recover self-reliance, balance, and tenderness, struggling to reclaim their humanity. The Great Fire is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction.
LC Classification Number
PR9619.3.H369G74
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