Tag Archives: Winter’s Tale

Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

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Review: Winter’s Tale (2014)

Posted on February 14, 2014 by sheila

If you’ve been reading me for a while, then you know my feelings about Mark Helprin’s book. So the film pained me. It doesn’t get one bit of it right. Colin Farrell is actually playing the right story, its subtext … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Mark Helprin, reviews, sci-fi, Winter's Tale | 11 Comments

9:30 a.m.

Posted on December 3, 2013 by sheila

It was cold and silvery, the sunlight having not burned off the fog. Everything had a shimmer to it, the city looked like a mirage. I happened to have my camera (my good camera, not my phone) in the car. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Mark Helprin, New York, Winter's Tale | 9 Comments

Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin

Posted on February 8, 2010 by sheila

Mark Helprin’s Winter’s Tale works as a philosophical contemplation of hard-to-grasp ephemeral things as: time, winter, the growth of cities, love, death, progress, language, machines. It is also a story about New York, at the turn of two centuries (and … Continue reading →

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On the intense periphery

Posted on January 30, 2010 by sheila

I started to read Mark Helprin’s masterpiece Winter’s Tale, and had to put it down, since my ability to take in fiction had already started to wane. However, there has been a bit of a seachange lately, and I happened … Continue reading →

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The Changeability Of Manhattan: Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin

Posted on June 5, 2008 by sheila

I’m reading Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin. Mitchell raved about it to me (before ABANDONING ME, that is), using the words fin de siecle and ancien regime in his ravings, which means 1. Mitchell is an asshole (but at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Mark Helprin, New York, Winter's Tale | 7 Comments

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Recommended Books: Fiction

Review: Winter’s Tale (2014)

9:30 a.m.

Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin

On the intense periphery

The Changeability Of Manhattan: Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin

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