{"product_id":"an-elemental-thing-9780811216944","title":"An Elemental Thing","description":"With An Elemental Thing, 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. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeinberger, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEliot Weinberger\u003c\/strong\u003e is an essayist, editor, and translator. He lives in New York City.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614969630994,"sku":"9780811216944","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a38346b6-f294-4661-8640-25c4a14add98.jpg?v=1732469792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-elemental-thing-9780811216944","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}