{"product_id":"elemental-earth-stories-paperback","title":"Elemental: Earth Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eErika Kobayashi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFarkhondeh Aghaei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A celebration of both storytelling and translation, \u003cem\u003eElemental\u003c\/em\u003e is essential; a gift that opens up the pleasures of new worlds.\" --Hugh Raffles, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Unconformities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A family's heirloom stones unearth a story spanning war, illness, and radioactivity. A pipeline installed to protect a town from flooding results in a howling that disturbs the town's inhabitants. A political prisoner embarks on an epic flight toward freedom, literally blown like a kite in the wind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A whirlwind of fantastic new writing from Japan, Iran, Norway, Germany, Madagascar, Iraq, Poland, and Israel, this collection of fiction and reportage maps the intimate, ongoing relationship between human civilization and the natural world. Do we set the limits on our existence? Or is it wind, water, fire, and earth that define--even control--us? Borrowing from eco-literature and mythology, \u003cem\u003eElemental\u003c\/em\u003e unflinchingly takes up the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768728387872,"sku":"9781949641110","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a249402886f6ba1dbf3cd48e95c8cf26.webp?v=1780336029","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elemental-earth-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}