- Miles Franklin Literary Award 2004 · Winner
The Great Fire
The Great Fire
Shirley Hazzard (born 1931)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Great Fire
Picador · United States · 1 July 2004 · Paperback · 336 pages
The Great Fire
Farrar, Straus and Giroux · United States · 2003 · Hardcover · 278 pages
The Great Fire
Virago · United Kingdom · 2003 · 314 pages
The Great Fire
Virago · United Kingdom · 6 May 2004 · Paperback
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The fire of the title is the Second World War. When it is over, in a devastated Asia and a battered Europe, a generation young in years but old in experience set about remaking their lives and learning to hope again. At the heart of the novel is a courageous, gifted English soldier who discovers that having survived and done well is not enough. In occupied Japan he meets a young Australian girl who is caring for her dying brother, and as love grows between them she comes into her own. The story moves between Japan, Hong Kong, England and New Zealand, among many sharply drawn figures, while the enmities of the world begin to return.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Love, War, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan, Hong Kong SAR China, United Kingdom, New Zealand, 1940s
- First published
- 2003
- Author's age
- 72 when first published
- ISBN
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9780374166441 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, United States)
9781860498909 (Virago, United Kingdom)
9781844080571 (Virago, United Kingdom)
9780312423582 (Picador, United States)
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