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Mark Helprin

Born

in Ossining, New York, The United States

June 28, 1947

Website

https://markhelprin.org/

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Fielding ...more

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Mark Helprin belongs to no literary school, movement, tendency, or trend. As many have observed and as Time Magazine has phrased it, “He lights his own way.” His three collections of short stories (A Dove of the East and Other Stories, Ellis Island and Other Stories, and The Pacific and Other Stories), six novels (Refiner's Fire, Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Memoir From Antproof Case, Freddy and Fredericka and, In Sunlight and In Shadow), and three children's books (Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows, all illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg), speak eloquently for themselves and are remarkable throughout for the sustained beauty and power of their language. ...more

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Mark Helprin’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 62,663 ratings · 8,879 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors

	Winter's Tale 3.51 avg rating — 29,098 ratings — published 1983 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Soldier of the Great War 4.33 avg rating — 7,788 ratings — published 1991 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris in the Present Tense 4.04 avg rating — 5,008 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freddy and Fredericka 3.79 avg rating — 4,015 ratings — published 2005 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Sunlight and in Shadow 3.55 avg rating — 4,115 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir from Antproof Case 4.01 avg rating — 2,949 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oceans and the Stars 4.44 avg rating — 2,545 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pacific and Other Stories 4.11 avg rating — 1,394 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refiner's Fire 3.99 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 1977 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swan Lake by Mark Helprin, Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,127 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Mark Helprin

A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Swan Lake Trilogy (3 books)
by

Mark Helprin,

Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)

4.10 avg rating — 2,439 ratings

Quotes by Mark Helprin (?)

“He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.”
― Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

tags: beauty, horse, innocence, truth

477 likes

“If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

tags: love, music, power-of-music

362 likes

“As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours.”
― Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War

tags: believe, inspirational

239 likes

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March's Side Reads BotM 2nd Poll

Top 6 Books

The Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty

16 votes 25.0%

Labor Day

by Joyce Maynard

12 votes 18.8%

Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin

12 votes 18.8%

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

10 votes 15.6%

The Last Letter from Your Lover

by Jojo Moyes

9 votes 14.1%

Blackberry Winter

by Sarah Jio

5 votes 7.8%

64 total votes

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