The Elements
€21.75
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780857528889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Boyne |
| Publisher | |
| Weight (kg) | 0.610 |
| Publishing Date | 09/09/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €20.52 |
| Tax | €1.23 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €21.75 |
| Availability | 12 units |
Product Description
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 conceptions of who we are and what made us that way.