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Winter's Tale is a 1983 magic realism novel by Mark Helprin. It takes place in a mythic New York City, markedly different from reality , and in an industrial Edwardian era near the turn of the 20th century.
Sep 20, 1983 · Winter's Tale. Mark Helprin. 3.51. 28,667 ratings4,429 reviews. 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.
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Jun 1, 2005 · Mark Helprin's magical 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 master second-storey man - attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side.
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Winter’s Tale. About the Book. Set in New York at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century, Winter´s Tale unfolds with such great narrative force and beauty that a reader can feel that its world is more real than his own.
Sep 20, 1983 · A #1 New York Times Bestseller: Mark Helprin’s masterpiece transports you to New York of the Belle Époque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows, and to a love story that is one of the most beautiful and unforgettable in American literature.
Jun 8, 2014 · In its essence, Winter’s Tale is a love letter to New York City. It isn’t based in our world, but a world that closely resembles ours. It’s ripe with the magical, mythological, and the impossible made commonplace. One of the things I enjoyed most is the narrative’s lyricism.
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Mar 10, 1995 · Winter's Tale. Paperback – March 10, 1995. When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love send Peter on a desperate personal journey. Reprint.
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