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Winter's Tale (Arena Books) (Paperback)

by Mark Helprin (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 800 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Bks.; New e. edition (Oct 1984)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099367904
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099367901
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 771,040 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book I have looked forward to reading again for 10 years, 23 Dec 1999
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This book is one of the most irresistable dream-weavers I have ever had the pleasure to read. The characters spring to life and the stunning descriptions of scenery and architecture are so real you can touch them. This has to be one of my favourite ever stories. I read this book in the eighties , and have only found it again now - Thankyou Amazon
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most amazing uses of language I've ever read!, 4 Jul 1999
By A Customer
Helprin's prose is breathtaking - entire pages I have earmarked as I would a favorite poem. The words are rich and the effect is enrapturing, and the storyline is mystical and creative, while remaining firmly rooted in the grit of New York over a century of development. This book demands a second reading (at least) to really absorb the panorama painted through Helprin's soaring text.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars onirism at your doorstep, 10 Jul 2002
By Mr. Benoit Guitaut (uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Winter's Tale (Hardcover)
Thank you other reviewers for agreeing with my first-impressions feelings: yes M Helprin makes me think G G Marquez too, and yes I also loved the way he transforms NYC into an oniric sort of big marsh, keeping it wild and dirty at the same time.
I also read this book because of its cover, during winter 1995 while studying in cold Montreal.
This book is in my "top 10"...
What is striking with Helprin's talent is that he takes you to known places and makes you enter unheard of rooms that belong to there: he has the capacity of building worlds around you which is outstanding. The fertility of his imagination is awesome.
Like a soft & sweet spider he builds a web of images, of smells, of hazes and vegetation that are unlike anything you've read before, and he unfoils it in a move that just looks like it's just-for-you-that-I've-written-this...
Gd prix de Rome M Helprin should write more, if he ever read these lines...
Too bad I can't find more of his books whenever I'm in the UK
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1.0 out of 5 stars Mystical Nonsense
I read Winter's Tale as part of a book group, and I have to say that we were all very disappointed by it. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2007 by sparklyberet

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book......EVER!
I couldn't believe how this fantastic book made me feel. It is the first time i have longed to be part of a story and meet these characters. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars A muddled, predictable, thinly-veiled Conservative fantasy
The basic concept behind Winter's Tale -- of a man trying to bring back the woman he loves through the course of a century -- had some appeal. Read more
Published on 16 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing.
This is the only novel I have ever read which, while one reads it, makes the reader feel as though they are literally dreaming. Read more
Published on 6 Jul 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure wish fulfillment
I hated this book because I didn't like or believe in any of the characters. Your heart can't soar with the hearts of characters you dislike, especially not for several hundred... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Winter's Tale' is beyond description, much less criticism.
If you plan to be shipwrecked on a deserted island, bring a toothbrush and this book. It's that good, and probably just that necessary. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars I don' t get it.
There is some wonderful writing and imagery in this book. However, I found this book a long, wandering conglomeration of scenes that seemed to be more of a collection of ideas... Read more
Published on 23 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars dear mark helprin please please visit me
I am a New Yorker hiding in the Judean Hills in Israel, and with Mark Helprin's help, at night I soar over the City with wings and my eyes take in all the sites.
Published on 22 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the World of Mark Helprin...Stay Awhile.
If you've never read any of Mr. Helprin's books, this is the place to start. Magical, lyrical and unafraid to take risks, this is one of the most beautiful books you will ever... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars As soothing as hot cocoa on a windy February night
I admit it--"Winter's Tale" first caught my eye because of its cover, a muted and evocative photograph of Grand Central Station sometime in the 1930s or 1940s. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 1999

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