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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hazzard, Shirley, 1931—
The great fire / Shirley Hazzard. p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-42358-6
EAN 978-0312-42358-2
1. World War, 1939—1945—Influence—Fiction. 2. Reconstruction (1939—1945)—Fiction. 3. Hong Kong (China)—Fiction. 4. England—Fiction. 5. Japan—Fiction. I. Title.
PR9619.3.H369G74 2003
823’.914—dc21
2003049189
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