{"product_id":"elementals-isbn-9780375705755","title":"Elementals","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e comes a short story collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites—passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice—clash and converge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful book—complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking—a reader's dream.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 Englishwoman 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.\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning display.... \u003ci\u003eElementals\u003c\/i\u003e combines finely wrought stories with imagery as sparkling as jewels.  It is a work that should not be missed.\"  —\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful book—complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking—a reader's dream.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePossession,\u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Booker Prize. She also wrote two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Insects,\u003c\/i\u003e five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her “inspiring contribution to ‘life writing,’” she died in 2023.Booker Prize-Winning Author of Possession","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299780546789,"sku":"NP9780375705755","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375705755.jpg?v=1767726141","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/elementals-isbn-9780375705755","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}