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Elementals

Stories of Fire and Ice

Stories of Fire and Ice

By A. S. Byatt

By A. S. Byatt

By A. S. Byatt

By A. S. Byatt

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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

Paperback $15.00

Jul 11, 2000 | 240 Pages

Ebook $9.99

Dec 18, 2007 | 240 Pages

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    About Elementals

    From the booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes this richly imaginitive story collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites–passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice–clash and converge.

    A beautiful ice maiden risks her life when she falls in love with a desert prince, whose passionate touches scorch her delicate skin. A woman flees the scene of her husband’s heart attack, leaving her entire past behind her. Striving to master color and line, a painter discovers the resolution to his artisitc problems when a beautiful and magical water snake appears in his pool. And a wealthy Englishwoman gradually loses her identity while wandering through a shopping mall. Elegantly crafter and suffused with boundless wisdom, these bewitching tales are a testament to a writer at the hieght of her powers.

    About Elementals

    From the booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes this richly imaginitive story collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites–passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice–clash and converge.

    A beautiful ice maiden risks her life when she falls in love with a desert prince, whose passionate touches scorch her delicate skin. A woman flees the scene of her husband’s heart attack, leaving her entire past behind her. Striving to master color and line, a painter discovers the resolution to his artisitc problems when a beautiful and magical water snake appears in his pool. And a wealthy Englishwoman gradually loses her identity while wandering through a shopping mall. Elegantly crafter and suffused with boundless wisdom, these bewitching tales are a testament to a writer at the hieght of her powers.

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    About A. S. Byatt

    A. S. Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including The Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale, and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize. She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects, five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. Byatt… More about A. S. Byatt

    About A. S. Byatt

    A. S. Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including The Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale, and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize. She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects, five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. Byatt… More about A. S. Byatt

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jul 11, 2000 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375705755

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 18, 2007 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307425737

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    Praise

    "Fired by a fierce intelligence and related in shimmering prose.  This eclectic little volume should delight A. S. Byatt’s devoted readers and attract many new ones."  -The New York Times

    "A stunning display…. Elementals combines finely wrought stories with imagery as sparkling as jewels.  It is a work that should not be missed."  -The Denver Post

    "A wonderful book-complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking–a reader’s dream."  -The Plain Dealer

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