{"product_id":"an-elemental-thing-by-eliot-weinberger-9780811216944","title":"An Elemental Thing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eAn Elemental Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the \u003cem\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/em\u003e for its \"great beauty and grace,\" and \"The Stars,\" a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485806969068,"sku":"9780811216944","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780811216944-an-elemental-thing.jpg?v=1775715803","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/an-elemental-thing-by-eliot-weinberger-9780811216944","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}