Which sentence has almost the same meaning with that of the question ?
For more devastating for the author than the loss of his house to fire was the destruction of the sole copyf of his latest novel.

Options

A. In his latest book, the author tells of the pain he suffered when he lost his home in a devastating fire.
B. Even the destruction of his home in the fire was not as hard for the author to bear as the buring of the manuscript of his new novel.
C. The only thing the author was able to rescue from the flames which destroyed his home was the sole copy of his latest book.
D. Even more different for the author than writing a single book was seeing it destroyed when his house burnt down.

Answer

B