Description: "The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and a father on a transformative journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next, and as the story unfolds, their lives intersect in unimaginable ways."--
Brief description: John Boyne is the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Heart's Invisible Furies, A Ladder to the Sky, and The Elements, which won both Le Prix Femina Étranger and the Prix du Roman Fnac in France. He lives in Dublin.
Review Quotes:
"John Boyne's new novel exhaustively explores crime and its aftershocks with a deep sense of empathy.... The Elements earns its billing as an epic.... Among Boyne's gifts is a knack for infusing real-life debates into his fictional world.... Impactful and provocative."
--The New York Times
--The Guardian "John Boyne brings a completely fresh eye to the most important stories. He is one of the great craftsmen in contemporary literature."
--Colum McCann "Among the world's greatest storytellers."
--Donal Ryan "John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction. You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel."
--John Irving on All the Broken Places "An exceptional, layered, and compelling story . . . This book moves like a freight train, with force and consequence for the reader."
--Amy Bloom on All the Broken Places