Winter's tale

by Mark Helprin

English language

Published April 15, 2005

ISBN:: 978-0-15-603119-6

(10 reviews)

Winter's Tale is a 1983 magic realism novel by Mark Helprin. It takes place in a mythic New York City, markedly different from reality, and in an industrial Edwardian era near the turn of the 20th century. The novel was adapted into a 2014 feature film by Akiva Goldsman.

2 editions

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1 star

Too too too much. I expected to love the book, I only finished because this was a book club reading. I love Neal Stephenson, so I can handle a long tale with many, many characters and long, meandering descriptions of things like, say, eating a bowl of Captain Crunch.

Usually when a book has this many rave reviews about beautiful writing and wonderful storytelling, I understand why even when the story isn't my cup of tea. But this, whatever it is, I just don't get. Words on top of words for the sake of words.