Elementals: Stories Of Fire And Ice by A. S. Byatt

In the same delectable format as the matisse stories, this collection deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives a scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world; a schoolgirl draws a blood-filled picture of jael; a swimming pool reveals a beauteous monster in its depths the settings range from the heart of provence in summer to the cold forests of scandinavia, form chalk-strewn classrooms to herbscented hillsides, from suburban streets to rocky wilds. This 1999 Vintage Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780099273769 SKU: 1579869 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1579869
Location: Fiction