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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. Akiva Goldsman wrote a screenplay based on the novel and directed a feature film from the script, which was released in 2014.
Sep 20, 1983 · Winter's Tale is an epic fantasy and/or magical realism tale with shades of Dickensian literature beginning in the late 19th century and spanning the millenium taking place largely in New York City, its own vibrant character in Mark Helprin's book. From the opening lines I knew that this would be a book that was for me, all 768 pages of it.
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Jun 1, 2005 · Winter's Tale. Paperback – June 1, 2005. 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. One winter night, Peter Lake—master ...
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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. Standing alone on the page before the book begins are the words, Ihave been to another world, and come back.
Sep 20, 1983 · MARK HELPRIN is the acclaimed author of Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, and numerous other works. His novels are read around the world, translated into over twenty languages.
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Mar 10, 1995 · Winter's Tale. Paperback – March 10, 1995. by Mark Helprin (Author) 3.7 1,913 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
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Mark Helprin is the acclaimed author of Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, The Oceans and the Stars, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, and numerous other works. His novels are read around the world, translated into over twenty languages. Hometown: Upstate New York. Date of Birth:
