Refiner's Fire
 Well,.....: Helprin, Mark, Refiner's Fire. New York: Knopf, 1977. This is an early novel by an established fiction writer--and op Ed writer for The Wall Street Journal--which gives hints into the events that molded his later life and political views. [... more]
$15.00
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The Veil of Snows
Helprin delivers an elegant masterpiece: In "Veil" Mark Helprin and Chris Van Allsburgh offer up a mythic tale which, while dark, will disturb and delight readers of all ages (though the elegant, sometimes labrynthine prose style will probably [... more]
$24.00
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Swan Lake
A truly wonderful story: Swan Lake is a beautiful book. The story of the old man, the little girl, the true prince and the beautiful Odette is told with simple elegance through the eyes of the wise old grandfather. I read this book out loud with my [... more]
$20.00
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A City in Winter
Amazon.com Review: Another ambitious and glossy collaboration between novelist Mark Helprin and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, continuing the story of Swan Lake, their earlier book that recreated the ballet classic for children. Emulating Maurice Sendak' [... more]
$22.50
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A Dove of the East, and Other Stories
Helprin's short stories are lovely.: If you are wondering if it is worth while to read one of Helprin's mammoth novels (they are all, uhm, Big), you can get an idea from reading either a book in the Swan Lake trilogy (hard-to-find children's books, [... more]
$6.95
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The Pacific and Other Stories
A writer Like No Other: If I were to meet Mr. Helprin and could ask him one question, it would be, "What writers have influenced your work?" For his writing, his style, his tone, are like no other writer's. His style is aesthetically exquisite. [... more]
$15.00
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Freddy and Fredericka
Amazon.com Review: An Englishman's home may well be his castle, but even before the development of the modern welfare state, plenty of outsiders held the castle keys. Victorian reformers poked their way into the homes of the poor--and, later, the middle [... more]
$49.99
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The Pacific and Other Stories
A writer Like No Other: If I were to meet Mr. Helprin and could ask him one question, it would be, "What writers have influenced your work?" For his writing, his style, his tone, are like no other writer's. His style is aesthetically exquisite. [... more]
$15.00
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A Soldier of the Great War
Shockingly Good: In "A Soldier of the Great War," Helprin weaves a plot of incredible beauty and grace. His command of the English language is simply extraordinary. There is a touch of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "magical realism" here, [... more]
$7.99
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A Soldier of the Great War
Shockingly Good: In "A Soldier of the Great War," Helprin weaves a plot of incredible beauty and grace. His command of the English language is simply extraordinary. There is a touch of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "magical realism" here, [... more]
$49.95
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Freddy and Fredericka
Amazon.com Review: Mark Helprin's picaresque romp, Freddy and Fredericka, begins with a secret rite on a Scottish hillside: the Prince of Wales, poised in his crisp field uniform, urges a falcon named Craig-Vyvyan to fly from his arm. The latest in a [... more]
$27.95
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Refiner's Fire
Well,.....: Helprin, Mark, Refiner's Fire. New York: Knopf, 1977. This is an early novel by an established fiction writer--and op Ed writer for The Wall Street Journal--which gives hints into the events that molded his later life and political views. [... more]
$4.95
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