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The Fire, The Fire

The Fire, The Fire

  • Hisham Matar

  • Hisham Matar (Read by)

A short story taking a wry look at the pressures brought to bear upon a famous author, who is in exile from his homeland.

This is the first in a series of three short stories commissioned to mark the centenary of the birth of the American Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks, who famously refused to move seats on an Alabama bus to accommodate white passengers. The stories illustrate moments of resistance and are inspired by acts of determination and non-cooperation, committed by ordinary people (real or imagined) fighting against prevailing attitudes and political authority.

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

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Hisham Matar’s memoir The Return has won the Rathbones Folio prize

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