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Winter's Tale
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The one the only one of his that I've probably reread is A Winter's Tale, which was my first one I ever read by him. It's just a beautiful, beautiful story of early 20th century life near New York City and upstate New York.
The best things said about it
I think winter's tale is a great book also and um anyway.
Tyler Cowen EconTalk · Apr 2022 Um Mark help uh and Mark said uh Mark helin wrote a soldier of the Great War um uh and um winter tale not the political journalist so they're different people not halin but helprin and and he talked about the cost the emotional cost of reading novels after 50 and that the way a novel can stir you up.
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Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin is a sweeping, magical realist novel set in a mythical New York City around the turn of the twentieth century. Rich Barton recommended A Winter's Tale on The Tim Ferriss Show, describing it as the first book he read by Helprin and noting that he has reread it over the years. Barton praised the author for his beautiful, luscious prose style and for crafting characters that resonate with readers in their phase of life, setting the story against the backdrop of early twentieth-century life near New York City and upstate New York. Tyler Cowen also briefly recommended the novel on EconTalk, calling it a great book. Later, Mark Helprin appeared on EconTalk to discuss the novel himself, clarifying that Winter's Tale was frequently mistaken for a fantasy novel when it was actually something else entirely. Additionally, Brian Koppelman mentioned the book on Conversations with Tyler alongside Helprin's A Soldier of the Great War, reflecting on the emotional cost and powerful impact of reading novels later in life.
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Rich Barton The one the only one of his that I've probably reread is A Winter's Tale, which was my first one I ever rea… 2
“Recently, I gifted The Oceans and the Stars. Do you know Mark Hellprin? He's a guy who's a little older than I am and writes characters that are just about in my phase of life. Like a beautiful, luscious pros writer, really smart, wrote Soldier of the Great War and A Winter's Tale and Freddy and Frederica.”
“The one the only one of his that I've probably reread is A Winter's Tale, which was my first one I ever read by him. It's just a beautiful, beautiful story of early 20th century life near New York City and upstate New York.”
Tyler Cowen i think winter's tale is a great book also and um anyway 1
“i think winter's tale is a great book also and um anyway”
Brian Koppelman um Mark help uh and Mark said uh Mark helin wrote a soldier of the Great War um uh and um winter tale not t… 1
“um Mark help uh and Mark said uh Mark helin wrote a soldier of the Great War um uh and um winter tale not the political journalist so they're different people not halin but helprin and and he talked about the cost the emotional cost of reading novels after 50 and that the way a novel can stir you up”
Mark Helprin then then you have uh Winter's taale which was mistaken for a fantasy novel which had which it was not 1
“then then you have uh Winter's taale which was mistaken for a fantasy novel which had which it was not”