Mark Helprin Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

"A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the new assignment in stride, and while supervising Athena's fitting out in New Orleans, encounters a brilliant lawyer, Katy Farrar, with whom he falls in last-chance love. Soon thereafter, he is deployed on a mission that subjects his integrity, morality, and skill to the ultimate test, and ensures that Athena will live forever in the annals of the Navy. As in the Odyssey, Katy is the force that keeps him alive and the beacon that lights the way home through seven battles, mutiny, and court martial"--

Peter Lake è un ladro nella Manhattan dei primi del Novecento, dove la guerra tra bande produce quotidianamente cadaveri in luoghi inaspettati. Lavora da solo, il che lo rende poco interessante per le forze dell’ordine, ma attira l'attenzione dei Coda Corta, una banda guidata dal temuto Pearly Soames. Pearly, un criminale affascinato dalla bellezza dell'arte, desidera oro e argento non per la loro ricchezza, ma per il loro splendore. La sua ambizione lo porta a rubare opere d’arte europee, ma la sua tolleranza per Peter Lake è limitata, dato che i suoi scagnozzi sono pronti a eliminarlo. Tuttavia, Peter ha un alleato prezioso: Athansor, un cavallo straordinario capace di incredibili salti. In un giorno d'inverno, Peter si introduce nella lussuosa dimora dei Penn con l'intento di rubare argenteria e opere d'arte, ma si imbatte in Beverly Penn, una giovane donna che suona una melodia al pianoforte e lo colpisce profondamente. Il romanzo è popolato da personaggi memorabili, come il bizzarro reverendo Mootfowl e l'imponente Craig Binky, e presenta luoghi incantevoli, dalla Grand Central Station a paludi e laghi. È considerato una delle opere più significative della narrativa americana contemporanea.

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This hardcover volume features a complete collection of Helprin's "Swan Lake" novellas, including "Swan Lake," "The Veil of Snows," and "A City in Winter," accompanied by 42 stunning full-color illustrations by Van Allsburg. The book is presented as a signed, numbered edition, limited to just 300 copies, and comes in a luxurious slipcase, making it a unique addition for collectors and fans of illustrated literature.

Set against a backdrop of magic and romance, this New York Times bestseller weaves a tale of love and destiny. The story follows a protagonist whose journey intertwines with fantastical elements and profound themes, capturing the essence of hope and the human spirit. With its rich narrative and compelling characters, it invites readers to explore a world where dreams and reality collide. The book's adaptation into a major motion picture adds a visual dimension to its enchanting story.

Von Mark Helprin, dem gefeierten Autor von "Ein Soldat des Großen Krieges" und "Eine Wintergeschichte", kommt ein wundersames Lied des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. In einem Berggarten in Brasilien schreibt ein alter Amerikaner seine Memoiren und legt die Seiten sorgfältig in sein ameisensicheres Kästchen. Während er in Erinnerungen schwelgt, erfahren wir, dass er ein Jagdflieger im Zweiten Weltkrieg war, der zweimal abgeschossen wurde, ein Investmentbanker, der mit Päpsten und Präsidenten zusammentraf, ein Multimillionär und ein Mann, der niemals nicht verliebt war. Seine Jugend verbrachte er in einer Irrenanstalt in der Schweiz; er war der Dieb des Jahrhunderts, ein Mörder und ein Beschützer der Unschuldigen. Und sein ganzes Leben lang führte er einen tapferen, verlorenen Kampf gegen den heimtückischsten Versklaver der Welt: Kaffee.

From acclaimed novelist Mark Helprin, a lush, literary epic about love, beauty, and the world at war. Alessandro Giuliani, the young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer, enjoys an idyllic life full of privilege: he races horses across the country to the sea, he climbs mountains in the Alps, and, while a student of painting at the ancient university in Bologna, he falls in love. Then the Great War intervenes. Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, tall and proud, meets an illiterate young factory worker on the road. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers away, the old man—a soldier and a hero who became a prisoner and then a deserter, wandering in the hell that claimed Europe—tells him how he tragically lost one family and gained another. The boy, envying the richness and drama of Alessandro's experiences, realizes that this magnificent tale is not merely a story: it's a recapitulation of his life, his reckoning with mortality, and above all, a love song for his family.

Mark Helprin hat die berühmte Geschichte von Schwanensee neu erzählt und der romantischen Fassung des Stoffs, wie sie in Peter Tschaikowskis Ballett zum Klassiker geworden ist, eine tiefere Bedeutung hinzugewonnen.

Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada

New York, ausgehendes 19. Jahrhundert: Der Waisenjunge Peter Lake schlägt sich mit Diebstählen durch. Auf seinen Streifzügen durch die von Verfall und Verbrechen gezeichnete Stadt wird er von einem geheimnisvollen weißen Hengst begleitet, der ihm auf der Flucht vor einer Gangstermeute das Leben rettet. Als Peter in eine festungsgleiche Villa an der Upper West Side einbricht, begegnet er Beverly. Zwischen den beiden jungen Menschen entspinnt sich eine magische Liebesgeschichte ...