From the back cover:

Twenty years in the writing, The Great Fire is a triumphant novel of lives shadowed by war and redeemed by love. In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, people must reinvent their lives and expectations and learn, from their past, to dream again. A man and a woman seek to recover self-reliance and tenderness, struggling to reclaim their humanity.

Left in the street library box

Have heard much from modern Australian writers that Shirley Hazzard’s skill as a writer has been forgotten or ignored in recent times. I am eager to find out. My thanks to the giver of this book to remind me of her.