The Great Fire (novel)

The Great Fire (novel)

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author = Shirley Hazzard
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country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Farrar Straus and Giroux, USA
release_date = 2003
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 278
isbn = 0374166447
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"The Great Fire" is a 2003 Miles Franklin literary award winning novel by the Australian author Shirley Hazzard.

Awards

*International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2005: shortlisted
*Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Fiction, 2004: finalist
*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2004: winner
*Orange Prize for Fiction (UK), 2004: shortlisted
*Man Booker Prize, 2004: longlisted
*National Book Award (USA), Fiction, 2003: winner


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