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336pp. 8.25" x 5.75" ELEVEN DAYS IN THE FIRE Recently republished by NYRB (2024), George R. Stewart's Fire grapples with the destructive force of nature and the human struggle to contain it. Stewart's deeply unsettling ecological novel traces the slow growth and eleven-day spread of the fictitious Spitcat Fire, moving through shifting perspectivesfrom firefighters and smokejumpers to fleeing woodland creatures and even the fire itself. A prescient meditation on wildfire and environmental neglect, Fire remains a stark reminder of nature's power when landscapes are mismanaged or abandoned. Presented is a lovely first edition, signed by Stewart on the half-title page. Light wear extremities, few spots of soiling, very good or better in very good edge worn dust jacket, with several tide marks along spine verso, one small archival tape repair verso, in mylar cover. Publisher's red cloth, top edge stain black in illustrated dust jacket ($3.00)
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