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Title: Refiner's Fire by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0-15-676240-4 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 20 October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Read "Soldier of the Great War"
Comment: Having read "Soldier of the Great War", I was disappointed in this novel. "Soldier" was superb! I found myself suspecting that this was an earlier work, perhaps his first novel (which it is). It is broad in scope and bold in vision, but too often the use of language is pretentious and obscure. There is some excellent writing, which previews what is to come in "Soldier". But "Refiner's Fire" lacks the control and the consistent elegance that I had expected and which one finds in his later work. This book is an interesting read for one who enjoys observing the development and maturation of a great writer.
Rating: 5
Summary: DO NOT READ THE ENDING FIRST
Comment: If you do, you will deprive yourself of one of the joy's of reading this book. While endings typically conclude, surprise, or leave questions, Refiner's Fire does so much more: It affirms life. Read the book, page by page, and let the story carry you away. Then, as the pages remaining become thinner and thinner you will race to finish -- but you must not. Allow it to unfold and experience one of the most joyful and moving books ever. Just terrific
Rating: 5
Summary: It's all in the ending
Comment: Helprin consistently creates characters that show us a human potential we can all strive for.
The very last line of the book is absolutely perfect, but don't you dare spoil it by skipping ahead or you'll ruin it.
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Title: Ellis Island and Other Stories by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0156283158 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 31 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0151836000 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 06 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0156001942 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 10 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: A Dove of the East and: Other Stories by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0156261405 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 20 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Memoir from Antproof Case by Mark Helprin ISBN: 0380727331 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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