Mark Helprin - Winter’s Tale, originally uploaded by sparrowsfall.

i re-read winter’s tale also, just finishing it yesterday. this is about the fourth time i’ve gone through it, and it has repaid me every time.

in brief, it is a novel of magic realism from 1983. i can’t add more to a short review than what you’ll find in wikipedia, but i will say that since it is set in a “future” new york of 2000 (and 1900 and 1914 and +-1995)–a new york that resembled 1985 a lot more than what the “future” really was–it makes a curious read, but still apropos, in a post 9-11 milieu.

i highly recommend it.