{"product_id":"the-old-fire-by-elisa-shua-dusapin-9781761381799","title":"The Old Fire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe building looks tired, the ivy-covered roof sagging above the brick-work, like a weary giant gasping for breath. There's a car parked under the hazelnut tree. Bracken forces its way between the cracks in the front steps. Through the window, I can see a light inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of her father's death, Agathe leaves New York and returns to her childhood home in the French countryside after fifteen years away. Agathe and her sister Vera have not seen each other in all that time apart. Now, they must empty their home before it is knocked down. Vera stopped speaking when she was six, and as the pair clean and sift through a lifetime's worth of belongings, old memories and resentments surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTender, melancholic, and evocative, \u003cem\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is Elisa Shua Dusapin's most personal and moving novel yet. An exploration of time and memory, of family and belonging, of the unsaid and the unanswered, it is also a graceful and profound exploration of how loss and grief can live alongside life and abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A touching, mysterious novel, imbued with the beauty and strangeness of a fairy tale.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Ayşegül Savaş, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A bewitching meditation on tenderness and violence, intimacy and estrangement, \u003cem\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/em\u003e will transport you to an ancient and wild place ... A breathtaking achievement from one of my favourite living writers.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Tess Gunty, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rabbit Hutch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Dusapin observes her characters with anthropological curiosity and great sensitivity. Her wisdom will astound you.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Sanae Lemoine, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Margot Affair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269594104044,"sku":"9781761381799","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761381799.jpg?v=1769982984","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-old-fire-by-elisa-shua-dusapin-9781761381799","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}