The Resource The great fire, Shirley Hazzard
The great fire, Shirley Hazzard
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Resource Information
The item The great fire, Shirley Hazzard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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 find 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The great fire
- Title
- The great fire
- Statement of responsibility
- Shirley Hazzard
- Subject
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Fiction
- Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction
- trueJapan
- trueJapan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLove
- truePostwar life
- Psychological fiction, Japanese
- trueReconstruction (1939-1951)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Fiction
- trueSelf-discovery in girls
- trueSoldiers
- trueWar crimes
- trueWorld War II -- Influence
- trueWorld War II -- Post-war aspects
- trueWorld War II veterans
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- trueChildren with terminal illnesses
- trueEngland
- England -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGirls
- trueHong Kong
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 find 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
- Summary
- 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 find 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
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2003.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2003.
- Miles Franklin Award, 2004.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2003.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2003
- Awards note
- National Book Award, Fiction, 2003.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 120246
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hazzard, Shirley
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- Hong Kong (China)
- England
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The great fire, Shirley Hazzard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18970034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312423582
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 03-049189
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (hcpl)395390D85D644D11890C984B825D101C
- Label
- The great fire, Shirley Hazzard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18970034
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312423582
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 03-049189
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (hcpl)395390D85D644D11890C984B825D101C
Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Fiction
- Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction
- trueJapan
- trueJapan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLove
- truePostwar life
- Psychological fiction, Japanese
- trueReconstruction (1939-1951)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Fiction
- trueSelf-discovery in girls
- trueSoldiers
- trueWar crimes
- trueWorld War II -- Influence
- trueWorld War II -- Post-war aspects
- trueWorld War II veterans
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- trueChildren with terminal illnesses
- trueEngland
- England -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGirls
- trueHong Kong
Genre
Included in
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueMiles Franklin Award (Australia)
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2003
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2003
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2003
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