Diamela Eltit: Never Did the Fire [2022] paperback ZDRAM 'This mesmeric novel paints a

'This mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life' Guardian

and packed with myth

'A tribute to the warmth

Endlessly entertaining

Diamela Eltit: Never Did the Fire [2022] paperback ZDRAM 'This mesmeric novel paints aNever Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence, making the afterlife of an agitator that of anyone living next door. For one old couple, brought together years ago in an underground cell, the revolution has ended in a small apartment, a grinding job caring for the bodies of the unwell well to do, and all the aches and pains that go with a long life and a long marriage. Untethered from the political action that defined