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Winter's Tale (Movie Tie-In Edition)
by Mark Helprin

Published: 2014-01-07
Paperback : 768 pages
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Now a major motion picture New York Times bestseller "Utterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the beautiful 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 . ...
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Now a major motion picture New York Times bestseller "Utterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the beautiful 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 Review Mark 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 Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love so powerful that Peter Lake, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature. "He creates tableaux of such beauty and clarity that the inner eye is stunned." – Publishers Weekly "This novel stretches the boundaries of contemporary literature. It is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language." – Newsday

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When you read a book with a complex plot or subplots do you keep careful notes about the action or the characters?
Of all the elements of a good story which is the most important to you?
by LibraryMichael (see profile) 03/10/14

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Movie Night
by witchy1 (see profile) 02/21/14
The movie is out, so you might want to go see it as a group to add to the discussion.

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  "Amazing"by Mary M. (see profile) 02/24/15

I did not want this story to end. The imagination takes flight with the reading of this book.

 
  "Winter's Tale"by Kate H. (see profile) 07/30/14

The drscriptions were beautifully done. However, this book spent way too much time telling the back story and taking the reader into other sub-stories.

 
  "Winter's Tale"by Lori S. (see profile) 03/17/14

I could not get into thsi book.. i tried to keep make myself read it but it did not doing anything to get me hooked.

 
  "Winter's Tale"by Eileen H. (see profile) 03/11/14

 
  "A Winter's Tale"by Michael M. (see profile) 03/10/14

When I first started this book, I was completely engrossed with the beautiful prose. The thought-provoking imagery jumps off the page because of the author's skill in writing memorable sent... (read more)

 
  "Winter's Tale ~ Love It or Hate It"by Diane M. (see profile) 02/21/14

A very LONG book, and several members quit early on. But everyone agreed it was beautifully written, if a bit wordy, and felt like you were reading six different stories! There were also no discussion... (read more)

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