The Pacific and Other Stories (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Pacific and Other Stories Wednesday, August 5 2009.

• At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories , a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature. A British paratrooper jumps into occupied territory; the 1958 New York Yankees gain an unexpected teammate in a puny, teenaged Hasidic Jew; a September 11th widow receives an astonishing gift from the contractor working on her new apartment—these and other stories exhibit the constantly changing variety of the ocean itself, the peaks and troughs of life. Lighthearted, glittering fables are met with starker tales that sound the depths of sacrifice and duty. The Pacific and Other Stories is a resplendent, powerful collection of lasting substance and emotional import.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Pacific and Other Stories Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mark Helprin: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Pacific and Other Stories Friday, July 17 2009.

• I DIDN'T GO TO VENICE of my own accord.