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Pictures from the Fire Gaye Hicyilmaz

Pictures from the Fire By Gaye Hicyilmaz

Pictures from the Fire by Gaye Hicyilmaz


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Summary

A moving novel from a writer of distinction, picturing the world of Romanian gypsies and asylum-seekers

Pictures from the Fire Summary

Pictures from the Fire by Gaye Hicyilmaz

Emilia's family are Romanian gypsies and believe she has brought shame on them. Locked in the family's rooms in a refugee hostel, isolated and afraid, she finds a notebook and begins to draw a picture diary of her life: poverty and persecution in Bucharest, the family's flight to England hidden in a lorry; her joy at going to school, and the family's abrupt departure following a race riot. And as she finishes the last picture, she is shocked into an act of courage that may open the door to freedom.

Gaye Hicyilmaz has a rare gift of empathy and her picture of the closed world of Romanian gypsies, and of the racial hatred they encounter, is truthful, uncompromising, and compelling.

Pictures from the Fire Reviews

Hicyilmaz has a gift for conveying smells, sights and sounds, and the sense of loneliness and exclusion is overwhelming. A sensitive and conscience-stirring novel. -- Lesley Agnew * The Bookseller, 20 Dec 02 *
powerfully evoked * Guardian, 6 May 03 *
Haunting, evocative and at times difficult, Hicyilmaz brings huge consideration to her tough subject matter...and a passion for language and character to her story. She claims she writes Like threading beads on a string, she's wrong. They're not beads, they're diamonds and pearls, each and every one of them. She is as much a master jeweller of words as she is an author. -- Paul Blezard * Oneword Radio, Sep 03 *
This is a beautifully written, powerful and very moving account of a girl's struggle to be true to herself and to her own dreams. It is also a refreshingly honest portrayal of the narrow-mindedness, racism and intolerance she experiences within her own family as well as from the wider community. * INIS: Children's Books Ireland, Autumn 03 *
?a rare experience of literary craft and emotional intensity. * Books for Keeps *
This exciting and well written work of teenage fiction conveys a vivid impression of the life of a young asylum seeker. * Liberator *

About Gaye Hicyilmaz

Gaye has won great acclaim for her earlier books. Her first book AGAINST THE STORM (Viking) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Book Award. THE FROZEN WATERFALL (Faber) was shortlisted for the Guardian and the Smarties Awards and won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award.

Additional information

GOR011431352
9781858818962
1858818966
Pictures from the Fire by Gaye Hicyilmaz
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
20030424
272
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