Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
A.S. Byatt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83
· 12 ratings · 242 pages · Published: 01 Jan 1998
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 colour 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.
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- contemporary 2
- 20th century 2
- historical fiction 2
- folktales & legends 2
- low fantasy 1
- retellings 1
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- anthology 3
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