The old fire : a novel / Elisa Shua Dusapin ; translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins.

Author/creator Dusapin, Élisa Shua, 1992- author.
Other author Higgins, Aneesa Abbas, translator.
Format Book
EditionFirst Summit Books hardcover edition.
PublicationNew York : Summit Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, [2026]
Copyright Date©2026
Description175 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Abstract "Agathe leaves New York and returns to her home in the French countryside, after fifteen years away. She and her sister V̌ra have not seen each other in all those years, and they carry the weight of their own complicated lives. But now their father has died, and they must confront their childhood home on the outskirts of a country estate ravaged by a nearby fire before it is knocked down. They have nine days to empty it. As the pair clean and sift through a lifetime's worth of belongings, old memories, and resentments surface. Tender and tense, haunting and evocative, The Old Fire is Elisa Shua Dusapin's most personal and moving novel yet. An exploration of time and memory, of family and belonging, it is also a graceful and profound look at the unsaid and the unanswered, the secrets that remain, and whether you can ever really go home again"--Publisher's description.
General note"Originally published in France in 2023 by Éditions Zoé as Le vieil incendie."
LanguageIn English, translated from the French.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formRomans.
ISBN1668212218
ISBN9781668212219 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ2704 .U87 O413 2026 ✔ Available Place Hold