The Great Fire
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781860498909 (1860498906)
Publish date: November 6th 2003
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd.
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
War,
World War II,
Japan,
Australia
Tedious, stilted, dated. Oh, and an unseemly Lolita plot.
Unfortunately this novel didn't really do it for me. There are some beautiful descriptions (despite the time setting of the novel - being post-ww2) and the undercurrents of feelings are absolutely amazing however I get really confused sometimes with the conversations, I don't know if it's me but so...