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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Eating Fire and Drinking Water
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'"I was someone hungry for stories; more specifically, I was someone who craved after facts. I was, you see, a person with no history. Lacking this, I developed a curiosity about other's people's stories. . . ."

'Clara Perez is a reporter on a small South seas island. An orphan raised by nuns, she is a young woman with origins shrouded in mystery. Full of idealistic ambition, she grows tired of the trivial assignments she's given at the daily paper, yearning to write articles of substance. So when the tiny street of Calle de Leon bursts into flames after a student demonstration–and a soldier kills an unarmed man–Clara seizes the chance to cover the explosive story.

'Yet after Clara rushes to the burning street to investigate the tragedy, she discovers another, more personal one involving some remarkable truths about her unknown past–ghosts, she realizes, which have been silently pursuing her all her life. And as family secrets begin to unfold, Clara's missing history slowly spreads itself out on the tumultuous backdrop of a country wracked by revolution. . . .

'An evocative and multilayered tale, at once political and personal, Eating Fire and Drinking Water is an extraordinary work, a powerful and pulsing novel of politics and commitment, loyalty and love, and the poignant search for truth.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Ballantine ed.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 1996 .
      Extent: 551p.
      ISBN: 0091833396
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Ballantine Books ,
      2011 .
      image of person or book cover 3475163716725660526.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 350p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 January 2011.
      ISBN: 0449911438, 9780449911433

Works about this Work

Untitled Deborah Ruiz Wall , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Kasama , March vol. 12 no. 1 1998;

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
A Minor Event with a Big Plot Mandy Sayer , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 November 1996; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
That Rare Beast Lucy Sussex , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 185 1996; (p. 50)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
Minidrama Set On a World Stage Robin Lucas , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 September vol. 116 no. 6039 1996; (p. 81)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
Untitled Deborah Ruiz Wall , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Kasama , March vol. 12 no. 1 1998;

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
Minidrama Set On a World Stage Robin Lucas , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 September vol. 116 no. 6039 1996; (p. 81)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
That Rare Beast Lucy Sussex , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 185 1996; (p. 50)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
A Minor Event with a Big Plot Mandy Sayer , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 November 1996; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Eating Fire and Drinking Water Arlene J. Chai , 1996 single work novel
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