<div>An old man recounts the raucous adventure of his life through war, obsession and the 20th century in this &ldquo;rapturous and melancholy new novel&rdquo; (The New York Times).An old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. Call him Oscar Progresso&mdash;or whatever else you like. He sits in a mountain garden in Niter&oacute;i, overlooking the ocean. As he reminisces and writes, placing the pages carefully in his antproof case, an epic adventure unfolds. We learn that he was a World War II ace who was shot down twice, an investment banker who met with popes and presidents, and a man who was never not in love.But that doesn&rsquo;t begin to cover our narrator&rsquo;s immense and fascinating journey through the 20th century. He was also the thief of the century, a murderer, and a protector of the innocent. All his life he waged a valiant, losing, one-man battle against the world&rsquo;s most insidious enslaver: coffee. The acclaimed author of Winter&rsquo;s Tale and A soldier of the Great War, Mark Helprin now offers &ldquo;a tour de force that combines adventure, romance and an overview of the 20th century into a bittersweet narrative&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly, starred review).</div>

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Memoir From Antproof Case

<div>This award-winning short story collection by the acclaimed author of Winter&rsquo;s Tale &ldquo;ascends to the peak of literary achievement&rdquo; (The Boston Globe).Winner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these eleven stories demonstrate Mark Helprin&rsquo;s mastery of fiction across a diverse spectrum of styles. The stories in this collection range from children caught in a Vermont blizzard to an English sea captain who encounters an ape adrift in the Indian Ocean. The title novella tells the tale of a Jewish immigrant who arrives in New York City with little more than an ivory pen&mdash;and an unflagging determination to survive the indignities of Ellis Island&rsquo;s many protocols.In the worlds of The Philadelphia Inquirer, this collection presents &ldquo;stories beyond compare&hellip;[Helprin&rsquo;s] imagination should be protected by some intellectual equivalent of the National Park Service.&rdquo;&quot;Such an ambitious reach is almost unheard of in our short fiction.&quot;&mdash;New York Times Book Review</div>

Ellis Island

<div> An Italian septuagenarian recounts his life before and after World War I in this novel from the author of Paris in the Present Tense.For Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer, golden trees shimmer in the sun beneath a sky of perfect blue. At night, the moon is amber and the city of Rome seethes with light. He races horses across the country to the sea, and in the Alps, he practices the precise and sublime art of mountain climbing. At the ancient university in Bologna he is a student of painting and the science of beauty. And he falls in love. His is a world of adventure and dreams, of music, storm, and the spirit. Then the Great War intervenes.Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, still tall and proud, finds himself unexpectedly on the road with an illiterate young factory worker. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers distant, the old man tells the story of his life. How he became a soldier. A hero. A prisoner. A deserter. A wanderer in the hell that claimed Europe. And how he tragically lost one family and gained another.The boy is dazzled by the action and envious of the richness and color of the story, and realizes that the old man&#39;s magnificent tale of love and war is more than a tale: it is the recapitulation of his life, his reckoning with mortality, and above all, a love song for his family. &ldquo;[A] testimony to the indomitable human spirit. Highly recommended.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal</div>

A Soldier of the Great War

<div>An Israeli soldier&rsquo;s life flashes before his eyes in this epic tale: &ldquo;As if The Odyssey had been updated and rewritten by Dylan Thomas&rdquo; (The Listener, UK).In 1947, Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth aboard an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine. Brought to America, he grows up a child of the Hudson Valley, determined to see the world in all its beauty and ferocity. His epic journey takes him from Jamaica to Harvard; from Great Plains slaughterhouses to the Mexican desert; and from the sea to the Alps. Marshall is eventually drawn to Israel to confront the circumstance of his birth in a crucible of war, magic, suffering, and grace.We first meet Marshall among the mortally wounded Israeli soldiers who are being transferred to Haifa during the Yom Kippur War. From there we follow Marshall&mdash;along with his memories and dreams&mdash;as he reconstructs his life, galvanizing strength through all that he has learned, suffered, and hoped.&ldquo;Superb...A first-rate odyssey, full of insight and humor and hard-earned truths&rdquo;&mdash;San Francisco Chronicle</div>

Refiner's Fire

<div>This &ldquo;dazzling collection&rdquo; of short stories by the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Winter&rsquo;s Talecontemplates the human experience across the globe (The San Francisco Chronicle &amp; Examiner). In these twenty stories, Mark Helprin offers a series of meditations on some of humanity&rsquo;s most enduring and universal questions. At the hour of his death, an American priest in Rome must choose between his church and his God. A young man finds love in a hot, dirty typewriter-ribbon factory in the Bronx. A Dutch child in a Canadian orphanage carries the pain of war and her love for her family in her heart. An Israeli scout risks the safety and respect of his comrades in an act of transformative charity. Through beautifully rendered memories and moments of epiphany, &ldquo;all Helprin&#39;s stories deal with essences which lead from the heart&hellip;his images are clean and sharp and bright&rdquo; (Kirkus). &ldquo;When you read these stories, a you must, you will, I believe, be uplifted and awed.&rdquo;&mdash;Cleveland Plain Dealer</div>

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A Dove of the East

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A Dove of the East

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