Elementals - (Vintage International) by A S Byatt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking" ("The Plain Dealer"), this collection of stories by the Booker Prize-winning author of "Possession" transports readers to a world where opposites--passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice--clash and converge. 6 illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From the booker Prize-winning author of <b>Possession</b> 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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Expertly navigating between the real and the fantastical, A. S. Byatt offers a magnificent new collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites -- passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice -- clash and converge.<P>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 artistic problems when a beautiful and magical water snake appears in his pool. And a wealthy English woman gradually loses her identity while wandering through a shopping mall. Elegantly crafted and suffused with boundless wisdom, these bewitching tales are a testament to a writer at the height of her powers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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." -<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"A stunning display.... <b>Elementals</b> combines finely wrought stories with imagery as sparkling as jewels. It is a work that should not be missed." -<i>The Denver Post</i> <p/>"A wonderful book-complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking--a reader's dream." -<i>The Plain Dealer</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A.S. Byatt is the author of the novels <b>Possession</b> (winner of the Booker Prize in 1990), <b>The Game</b>, and the sequence <b>The Virgin in the Garden</b><i>, </i><b>Still Life</b>, and <b>Babel Tower</b>. She has also written two novellas, published together as <b>Angels and Insects</b>, and four collections of shorter works, including <b>The Matisse Stories</b> and <b>The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye</b>. Educated at Cambridge, she was a senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.
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