{"product_id":"winters-tale-mark-helprin-paperback","title":"Winter's Tale -- Mark Helprin, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller: Mark Helprin's masterpiece of magical realism transports you to New York of the Belle Époque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows, and to an epic love story that is one of the most beautiful and unforgettable in American literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 caught in a battle of good vs. evil, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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.\"-- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mark Helprin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/1\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.3\" L x 2\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780156031196\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737688768811,"sku":"9780156031196","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780156031196_a14990a5-e485-4c49-8841-02124d8c0b2f.jpg?v=1774777098","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/winters-tale-mark-helprin-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}