{"product_id":"the-fires-9780688175849","title":"The Fires","description":"\u003cem\u003eSmoke has as many different scents as skin. Part of the pleasure is not knowing what it will be -- sulfurous or closer to incense or airier and sweeter as I imagine the smell of clouds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eElla is a connoisseur of fire, a woman enthralled by it as other women are by love. She savors the seductive promise of a spark, the caress of a curling wisp of smoke, the all-consuming hunger of a spreading blaze. Ella's heart seethes with a rage that can be spoken only with tongues of flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her remarkable first novel, Rene Steinke has created a narrator so lyrical and lucid in her madness as to raise the book to the level of romance. Trapped in a sleepy Indiana town, torn by inner demons that drive her to pyromania and promiscuity, Ella is at once entirely original and unforgettably real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she struggles to come to terms with her family's tormented past and her own uncertain future, she draws the mesmerized reader ever deeper into her scorched soul, revealing a sensuality that will spiral into final, fiery destruction -- unless it can be quenched by love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rene Steinke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PerfectBound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.27w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688175849\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteinke, Rene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Steinke is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fires\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e and teaches creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PerfectBound","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087109501043,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bda7ec9d-2b7c-4d2d-a037-39cdb6531d1f.jpg?v=1652537722","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-fires-9780688175849","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}