{"product_id":"9780857528872","title":"The Elements","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Boyne, John \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 September 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 512 pages\u003cbr\u003e241 x 164 x 46 | 754g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Boyne's acclaimed quartet of Water, Earth, Fire and Air come together at last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoyne’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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55298506654072,"sku":"9780857528872","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9780857528872_c68a9e66-fc39-45d1-ad4f-80a311fc74c9.jpg?v=1773925532","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780857528872","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}