SOLD OUT 13th October, 7.30pm - John Boyne, The Elements

Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP

Spend an evening at Backstory with John Boyne - critically acclaimed author of The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas and The Heart's Invisible Furies - to talk about his newest book. The Elements combines his past four novellas (Water, Earth, Fire, and Air) into one kaleidoscopic masterpiece about human life and the world around us.

About the book:

Human life is governed by the elements – water, earth, fire and air. They are fundamental to our existence. They sustain us, but they also challenge us.

In The Elements, John Boyne has created a vivid kaleidoscope to reflect that contradiction: a quartet of intertwined narratives, each providing a different perspective on cause and effect from the points of view of the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator and the victim. From a mother on the run from her past, to a young football star on trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and finally a father on a transformative journey with his son, the four strands weave together to form a tapestry of intersecting lives. Boyne’s most ambitious work yet, The Elements is both an engrossing drama and a moving examination of the fault lines inherent to human experience.

In crisp, spellbinding prose, he navigates a complex subject with extraordinary empathy and unflinching honesty, at every step challenging us to confront our own perceptions of who we are and what made us that way.

Tickets Available:

Ticket only - £15 (This ticket does not include a copy of the book. You can decide to buy a copy on the night, but this will be charged in addition, at the full price of the book.)

Ticket & book  (RRP £20) - £28 (To collect on the night or in advance, after the publication date of 25 September.)