The Great Fire
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- Synopsis
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The Great Fire is an extraordinary love story set in the immediate aftermath of the great conflagration of 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, a brave and brilliant soldier finds that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, 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 a story of love in the aftermath of war by "purely and simply, one of the greatest writers working in English today." (Michael Cunningham)
The Great Fire is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 326 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312423582
- Publisher:
- Picador
- Date of Addition:
- 03/15/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Shirley Hazzard
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Proofread By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.