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Winter's Tale

Name: Winter's Tale
Author: Mark Helprin

by Mark Helprin

1983•Fantasy•673 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyromancedramafresh & originalimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringlove conquers allall consuming questunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, moving fantasy novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

3.6 / 5

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About This Book

Peter Lake--orphan, thief, mechanic extraordinaire--and Athansor, a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, establish a reign of love and justice in New York City in the year 2000.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyRomanceDramaLove conquers allAll consuming questUnlikely connections

Subjects

BurglarsIrish AmericansReincarnationSupernaturalParanormal fictionLove storiesFantastic fictionCambrioleurs

Details

Author: Mark Helprin
Published: 1983
Pages: 673
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Source: Open Library

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