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Memories of Fire - Ashok Chopra
Memories of Fire is the compelling story of five childhood friends, four of whom are meeting after a gap of fifty-four years. They embark on a journey into the past, laden with nostalgia and humour, and encompassing all the ugly and wonderful things life has to offer.

Inspired by true events and interspersed with the dark contemporary history of India and Pakistan, Ashok Chopra’s first novel is peopled with remarkably realistic characters who tackle prejudice, prestige, privilege and even prison head-on. He skilfully weaves together five storylines as the friends move in and out of each other’s worlds. The result is a defining voyage through life, one that queries tough choices and the price one is willing to pay for them. It also asks the epic questions: What makes for happiness? Why do people make certain choices and not others? And why do men and women willingly make tremendous sacrifices for those they love?

Ashok Chopra has created an authentic, densely peopled universe with a distinctive period charm. Memories of Fire is a vast, colourful, emotional, political and social journey, with a cast of characters that is interesting, sympathetic and lifelike.


​‘I really enjoyed Ashok Chopra’s memoirs and I look
forward very much to reading his first venture into fiction’

Vikram Seth, author

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‘A simple, gripping tale which unfolds across a turbulent period of modern Indian history. The strength of this novel lies in its fascinating mix of complex characters. Through expressive dialogue and eloquent description, Chopra takes his readers on a memorable journey across terrain that is both familiar and surprising’

Shashi Tharoor, member of Parliament and author
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  • About
  • Books
    • THE LOVERS OF RAMPORE - A NOVEL
    • MEMORIES OF FIRE
    • OF LOVE AND OTHER SORROWS
    • A SCRAPBOOK OF MEMORIES
    • AGNOSTIC KHUSHWANT
    • A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE HOURGLASS OF TIME
    • GOLDEN CLOUD, SILVER LINING
    • KHUSHWANT SINGH ON WOMEN, SEX, LOVE AND LUST
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    • PRAISE FOR MEMORIES OF FIRE
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