Twenty stories, set in different locations, cultures and times, depict people whose lives and conceptions of life show them to be both extraordinary and commonplace Author: Helprin, Mark Publisher: Random House Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394496590 ISBN-13: 9780394496597..
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 gif..
A #1 New York Times Bestseller: Mark Helprin’s masterpiece transports 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-story man-attempts to rob a fortresslike mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he ..