{"product_id":"the-old-fire-9781668212219","title":"The Old Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award-winning Elisa Shua Dusapin, a subtle yet powerful portrayal of family, secrets, and silence set against the backdrop of a crumbling house in the French countryside--perfect for readers of Katie Kitamura and Elena Ferrante.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bewitching meditation on tenderness and violence, intimacy and estrangement, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/i\u003e will transport you to an ancient and wild place, immersing you in its temperatures and rainfalls, its grief and grace and sound and silence. You won't be the same when you leave it.\" --Tess Gunty, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbit Hutch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThrough the window, I can see a light inside.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Agathe leaves New York and returns to her home in the French countryside, after fifteen years away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She and her sister Véra 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tender and tense, haunting and evocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A touching, mysterious novel, imbued with the beauty and strangeness of a fairy tale.\" --Aysegül Savas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dusapin has a rare and ferocious gift for pinning the quick, slippery, liveness of feeling to the page: Her talent is a thrill to behold.\" --Alexandra Kleeman, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisa Shua Dusapin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e S\u0026amp;s\/Summit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668212219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2025 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElisa Shua Dusapin was born in France and raised in Paris, Seoul, and Switzerland. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Prix Robert Walser, the Prix Régine Desforges, and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature, and her books have been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives between Amman and Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Elisa Shua Dusapin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47579933507741,"sku":"9781668212219","price":46.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e6f2fc9a-85a2-4617-8029-7815045d806b.jpg?v=1768899406","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-old-fire-9781668212219","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}