The Great Fire
Australian and American novelist, 1931–2016. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2003.
The Great Fire is a 2003 novel by Shirley Hazzard. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2003.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Shirley Hazzard
- First published
- 2003
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 2003
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2004
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Love story, Empire and colonialism
Is The Great Fire worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 2003) | Winner | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2004) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Great Fire
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (2004), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781844080571
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Great Fire
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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