Book

Winter's tale / by Mark Helprin.

Summary:

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

Record details

ISBN: 9780156001946
ISBN: 0156001942
Physical Description: xii, 673 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1983.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

A white horse escapes -- The ferry burns in morning cold -- Pearly soames -- Peter Lake from a star -- Beverly -- A goddess in the bath -- On the marsh -- Lake of the Coheeries -- The hospital in Printing House Square -- Aceldama -- Four gates to the city -- Lake of the Coheeries -- In the drifts -- A new life -- Hell gate -- Nothing is random -- Peter Lake returns -- The sun ... -- ... and the ghost -- An early summer dinner at Petipas -- The machine age -- A very short history of the clouds -- Battery bridge -- White horse and dark horse -- The white dog of Afghanistan -- Abysmillard redux -- Ex machina -- For the soldiers and sailors of Chelsea -- The city alight -- A golden age.