Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 2014 Print Paperback 9780544320420
Very good condition. 768 Pages. thru Mariner Books. 5.258x2 inches. Synopsis Now a major motion pictureNew York Times bestsellerUtterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the gorgeous arising from narrative and emotional fantasy is everywhere alive in the novel . . . Not for some time have I read a work as funny, thoughtful, passionate or large-souled . . . I find myself nervous, to a degree I don’t recall in my past as a reviewer, about failing the work, inadequately displaying its brilliance. – Benjamin DeMott, New York Times Book ReviewMark Helprin’s masterpiece will transport you to New York of the Belle Epoque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows. One winter night, Peter Lake – master mechanic and second-storey man – attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and... 01-02-05-25-01