Hazzard, Shirley — The Great Fire

Picador Trade softcover. Published NY: Picador 2004, ninth printing. 8vo. wrappers, 326pp. Some age toning to paper, else near fine. The Great Fire is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction. 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. Near Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 5th or later Printing NY 8vo 326