{"product_id":"winters-tale-1","title":"Winter's Tale","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWinter's Tale\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMark Helprin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780156031196\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e768\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\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\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Winter's Tale | Mark Helprin | Paperback | 9780156031196 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1745232","offer_id":48468620411032,"sku":"1745232","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61-LUKQlWwL.jpg?v=1773410643","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/winters-tale-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}