{"product_id":"the-old-fire","title":"The Old Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOctave says it couldn’t have been easy for Véra, growing up with a sister as brilliant as me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. She and her sister Véra have not seen each other in all that time apart. Now, they must empty their home before it is knocked down. Véra 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\u003cp\u003eTender, melancholic and evocative,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘A really beautiful, quiet novel. A story of secrets and family, asking and answering the question if one can ever really can go home again.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘Dusapin’s storytelling and exploration of complicated female relationships evokes Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels and Michael Ondaatje’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eDivisadero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eWillamette Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335557856\":16316664,\"335559685\":-240,\"335559737\":-120,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘Poignant.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e‘Higgins effortlessly captures Dusapin’s ephemeral prose . . . the spaces left unfilled are what give the text its otherworldly magic.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Quietly powerful.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘What do you get if you cross the Grimms’ fairytales with an Ann Patchett novel? . . . Dusapin stirs up some soul-stirring reflections . . . It’s an ideal book for this sweep-out-the-old, bring-in-the-new time of year.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Charged with intimate undercurrents of both resentment and affection.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Holds us in its spell . . . A moving tale of family strife.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Subtle, strange, complex.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGQ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘Evokes unresolved family history with subtle heat . . . spare, restrained . . . vivid and intriguing.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eIdra Novey,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A touching, mysterious novel, imbued with the beauty and strangeness of a fairy tale.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAyşegül Savaş  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e‘A bewitching meditation on tenderness and violence, intimacy and estrangement,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill transport you to an ancient and wild place . . . A breathtaking achievement from one of my favourite living writers.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eTess Gunty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e‘Dusapin observes her characters with anthropological curiosity and great sensitivity. Her wisdom will astound you.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eSanaë Lemoine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eDusapin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecombines acuity and depth with straight-shooting sentences that belie their profound emotional complexity. This is a subtle, propulsive, immensely powerful novel.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003eMarina Kemp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eI experienced the novel as a clarifying force, which, in its mysterious, almost silent way, showed me things I didn’t think I knew about loneliness, about sisters, about fire and water. The forest surrounding Agathe and Véra made an impression on me as keenly as their experience of each other.\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLara Haworth \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePrickly and compelling.\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLizzy Stewart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335557856\":16777215,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHaunting, enigmatic, beautiful.\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW217489192 BCX0\"\u003e’ \u003cstrong\u003ePriscilla Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘Moody, sensual and extremely elegant.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenny Mustard \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e‘Dusapin has a rare and ferocious gift for pinning the quick, slippery, liveness of feeling to the page.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Kleeman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039062732938,"sku":null,"price":1352.91,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0326\/6727\/1306\/files\/WebSitesiKitapKapaklariSablonu_13_d920b1f6-a15e-41fc-9eac-d801aa110a8a.png?v=1776349306","url":"https:\/\/minoa.com\/products\/the-old-fire","provider":"Minoa Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}