{"product_id":"winters-tale-9780156031196","title":"Winter's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller: Mark Helprin's masterpiece transports you to New York of the Belle Époque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows, and to a love story that is one of the most beautiful and\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eunforgettable in American literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne winter night, Peter Lake--master mechanic and second-story man--attempts to rob a fortresslike 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, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"-- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelprin, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK HELPRIN\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWinter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, \u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other works. His novels are read around the world, translated into over twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616133812498,"sku":"9780156031196","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_43944038-161c-4f1f-98e0-a7642f2745c7.jpg?v=1732502067","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/winters-tale-9780156031196","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}