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Greek Tragedy Continues To Reverberate In Novel 'Home Fire'

In her 2017 book “Home Fire,” author Kamila Shamsie takes the Greek tragedy “Antigone” and set it in modern times to comment on the war on terror.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young spoke with Shamsie (@kamilashamsie) about the book last year.

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