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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
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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.

Book details

Book category Books in German Belletristik Erzählende Literatur Hauptwerk vor 1945

• Full title: The Elements
• Author: John Boyne
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 512
• EAN: 9780857528872
• ISBN: 0857528874
• ID: 47215350
• Publisher: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
• Weight: 750 g
• Date of publishing: 25. September 2025

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