Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice Paperback - 2000
by A. S. Byatt
"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.
From the rear cover
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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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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- Title Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
- Author A. S. Byatt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st paper ed.
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date July 11, 2000
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780375705755 / 0375705759
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.22 x 0.69 in (20.32 x 13.26 x 1.75 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Polarity
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- New York Times, 12/03/2000, Page 109
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