Winter's Tale - Couverture souple

Helprin, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156001942 ISBN 13 : 9780156001946

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1995

Synopsis

A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. “This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Breathtaking. . . . Helprin is splendid, a major talent . . funnier and shrewder than Thomas Wolfe and much more accurate in his poetic exuberance." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"This novel stretches the boundaries of contemporary literature. It is a gifted writer's love affair with the language." -- Newsday

"Helprin is more than a major writer; he has all the makings of a great one." -- USA Today

"He has simply galvanized the universe." -- The Boston Globe

"Imaginatively engaging as well as entertaining, and it will find an eager audience." -- Library Journal

"Is it not so astonishing that a work so rooted in fantasy, filled with narrative high jinks and comic flights, stands forth centrally as moral discourse? It is indeed. . . . 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 De Mott, The New York Times Book Review

Présentation de l'éditeur

A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. “This novel...is a gifted writer’s love affair with the language” (Newsday).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0156001942
• ISBN 13: 9780156001946
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 688
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible