NMLP P-029210 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Great Fire

Shirley Hazzard · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2003

The US FSG hardcover (2003) is the accepted true first; it won the 2003 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2004 NBCC Award. UK (Virago) and Australian editions follow.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029210 for "The Great Fire" by Shirley Hazzard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029210, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).