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Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin

Winter's Tale

von Mark Helprin

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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).

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When Words Turn Into Magic...

Winter’s Tale is a very complex novel. It’s main focus lies on New York City, but not the New York City we know. Not even New York City as it was around 1900, which is the time the first part of the novel is set in. Mark Helprin created his own version of this famous North American city we all know. If it doesn’t feel weird for you in Part I of the book, wait until you reach Part II. I was really confused! I had no idea what time I was in. Was that still the past (because the...

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Art:
eBook
Sprache:
englisch
Umfang:
688 Seiten
ISBN:
9780547543864
Erschienen:
September 1983
Verlag:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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