Winter's Tale

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Summary: A pleasant way to pass the cold days...
Review: Winter's Tale is a modern-day classic. I read this book a while ago and am presently reading it again. It haunts you, it finds a place inside and continues connecting itself long after the last page has been turned. There are numerous analogies to the Bible, and I have begun to think of the "winds from Canada" as not quite so brutal as I remember bits and pieces of the story.

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Summary: In my own TOP 3 of ALL TIME!
Review: YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK.
My perception of the world was forever changed by this incredible piece of literary genius.
You will laugh out loud, cry, read sections (if not the entire book) to others.
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Summary: A standout on any top 10 books of all time list
Review: You will never be the same after reading A Winter's Tale. It's sheer lyric beauty and dazzling prose will stay with you long after you close the last page. You can feel the cold, you can imagine the lost world of New York, you can be totally absorbed by Helprin's magic realism of sorts as he transports you to an earlier time. No one who likes New York should miss this book. After rereading it recently, I realized that few books I have ever read hold together as well as this one, surely Helprin's masterpiece. Jack Finney's Time and Again is the only book that comes close to that turn of the century New York, but it's not nearly the work of genius that this is. Savor it and reread it every few years.