Winter's Tale Mark Helprin Book
by Mark Helprin
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I cannot describe this book. Merely shelving it as a fantasy or a science fiction story does not do it justice at all.
Read this novel, but be prepared to be very upset when you reach the end and realize that you'll never be as happy with lesser works again!
On the bright side, Mark Helprin's writings helps one appreciate everything in life better (except just about everyone else's attempts at writing).
Read this novel, but be prepared to be very upset when you reach the end and realize that you'll never be as happy with lesser works again!
On the bright side, Mark Helprin's writings helps one appreciate everything in life better (except just about everyone else's attempts at writing).
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Storyline
New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake--orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side.
Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the love between Peter Lake, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn, a young girl, who is dying.
Peter Lake, a simple, uneducated man, because of a love that, at first he does not fully understand, is driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and beseiged by unprecedented winters, is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.
Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the love between Peter Lake, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn, a young girl, who is dying.
Peter Lake, a simple, uneducated man, because of a love that, at first he does not fully understand, is driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and beseiged by unprecedented winters, is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.
Details
- Number of Pages: 768 pages
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Publish Date: May 31, 2005
- Price: $15.99
- ASIN: 0156031191
- ISBN: 0156031191
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