Home Fire
by: Kamila Shamsie
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Category - Fiction / General Fiction
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 5 months ago
Views - 8
Wishes - 1
Ships From - North Carolina
Est. Publication Date - Aug 2017
Overview
Home Fire: A Novel
ISBN: 9780735217683
Publisher Description
"Ingenious... Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century." --The New York Times WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL...
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Fear
Empathy
Triumph
Intrigue
fiction
womensfiction
GreekMythology
antigone
estherfungreads
65 book reviews
Jun 15, 2023
I absolutely adore Sophocles's Antigone and have read it many times. However, Home Fire was so innovative that at times, I completely forgot I was reading a retelling. By imagining Oedipus's children as Muslim Pakistani-British citizens torn between assimilationist attitudes and anger at the bigotry...
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Payton Gier
23 book reviews
Jan 19, 2025
Yes, I balled out my eyes at the end of this book. No, I am not regretting the read. Shamsie perfectly showcased heart-wrenching perspectives. Thank you for showing that labels the media give are often the furthest from the truth.
