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008    231218s2024    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2023032417 
020    9780593497272|q(Hardback) 
020    0593497279|q(Hardback) 
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040    DLC|beng|erda|cCG4|dCG4|dOCLCO 
049    CKEA 
050 00 PR6112.E419|bB66 2024 
082 00 823/.92|223/eng/20230717 
100 1  Lefteri, Christy,|d1980-|eauthor. 
245 14 The book of fire :|ba novel /|cChristy Lefteri. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c[2024] 
300    321 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a
       family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read 
       and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of
       the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young 
       daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that 
       will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames 
       chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will
       consume their home, and their lives as they know it, races
       toward them. In the smoldering aftermath, Irini stumbles 
       upon the body of the man who started the fire, a land 
       speculator who had intended only a small, controlled burn 
       to clear forestland to build on and instead ignited a 
       catastrophe. He is dead, although the cause is unclear, 
       and in her anger at all he took from them, Irini makes a 
       split-second decision that will haunt her. As the local 
       police investigate the mysterious death, Tasso mourns his 
       father, who has not been seen since before the fire. His 
       hands were burnt in the flames, leaving him unable to 
       paint, and he struggles to cope with the overwhelming loss
       of his artistic voice and his beloved forest. Only his 
       young daughter, who wants to repair the damage that's been
       done, gives him hope for the future. Gorgeously written, 
       sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Book of Fire 
       is a masterful work about the search for meaning in the 
       wake of tragedy, as well as the universal ties that bind 
       people to each other, and to the land that they call home"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Families|vFiction. 
650  0 Islands|zGreece|vFiction. 
650  0 Fires|vFiction. 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
994    C0|bCKE