{"product_id":"the-elements-9780857528872","title":"The Elements","description":"\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: John Boyne\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 Sep 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Boyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320521367930,"sku":"9780857528872","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780857528872.jpg?v=1790656165","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-elements-9780857528872","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}