Shirley Hazzard

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Since the publication of her acclaimed 1981 novel, The Transit of Venus, little has been heard of Australian writer Shirley Hazzard – until now. Her new novel is The Great Fire, and it explores the aftermath of World War II.
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