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The Elements
By (author) John Boyne
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‘An epic.... Impactful and provocative’ The New York Times ‘An almost note-perfect piece of first-person storytelling’ Guardian ‘Subtle, intelligent and humane’ Sunday Telegraph ____________ John Boyne's acclaimed quartet of Water, Earth, Fire and Air come together at last. Human life is governed by the elements – water, earth, fire and air. They are fundamental to our existence. They sustain us, but they also challenge us. In The Elements, John Boyne has created a vivid kaleidoscope to reflect that contradiction: a quartet of intertwined narratives, each providing a different perspective on cause and effect from the points of view of the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator and the victim. From a mother on the run from her past, to a young football star on trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and finally a father on a transformative journey with his son, the four strands weave together to form a tapestry of intersecting lives. Boyne’s most ambitious work yet, The Elements is both an engrossing drama and a moving examination of the fault lines inherent to human experience. In crisp, spellbinding prose, he navigates a complex subject with extraordinary empathy and unflinching honesty, at every step challenging us to confront our own perceptions of who we are and what made us that way.
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Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published date | 25 Sep 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 512
Dimensions | 241 x 163 x 45mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 742g
ISBN | 978-0-8575-2887-2
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BISAC | fiction / literary
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