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Winter's Tale

Author: Helprin, Mark
Narrator: Wyman, Oliver
Format: CD
Unabridged
Approx. 28 hours
Fiction
Drama/Romance
Apr 2008
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Summary: On the 25th Anniversary of its First Publication, the Audio Debut of this Magical Novel of Love, Death and New York. This is a book about the beauty and complexity of the human soul, about God, love, and justice, and yet you can lose yourself in it as if it were a dream. You will be transported to New York of the Belle Epoque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented winters. One night, Peter Lake--orphan, master-mechanic, and master second-story man--attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between the middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. Because of a love that at first he cannot fully understand, Peter, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven "to stop time and bring back the dead." His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and beset by winter, is a truly beautiful and extraordinary story. Presented unabridged on 22 CDs.




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