I not talking about the Shakespeare play "The Winter's Tale" (I sure none of you thought about that though..) I talking about the 1983 Novel by Mark Helprin, and soon to be motion picture this month. I never read the book or even heard of it until my Даниил handed me his copy of the novel. I read it just a few days ago, and I just have to say it was an excellent, touching love story. It was beautiful in my opinion, and I was happy to hear about the movie coming out this month. I know movies sometimes differ from the novel, but I still am a supporter. I loved the Gatsby movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. Is my favorite film of all time! So I not can wait to see Winter's Tale with my spouse this month!! X3

Winter's Tale was awesome though. The story of love, loss, and a divine presence. Helprin's style of writing is like the ocean, deep and dark, quietly ebbing and flowing, eroding the edges of continents, but also confident and strong, churning into a raging storm dragging all and sundry down to the depths. He has the gift of a born storyteller, who can lash together random letters and words into the most magical tale imagined. I not know much about the man himself, but I really not care. Whether he is a dick or not, I just happened to really enjoy one of his novels.

I also heard many not like this novel. Yes, the author is verbose, and there are nearly too many characters to keep track. But for me, the density of the prose gave way to some stunningly beautiful passages. The quirks of the individual characters and their backstories began to stand out. Is a book of incredible scope that touches on time, relationships, justice, spirituality and mythology. To talk about what is "about" would be misleadingly reductionistic; the closest I could get would be to say that it's about something approximating enlightenment.

Is definitely not a book for everyone, mostly because of the way it deals with time; if you are in mood for a traditional, straightforward narrative with clear-cut conceptualizations of good and bad, time, justice and love, this book will most likely not be for you. Is a dense novel, and honestly I did see some "slow-down" toward middle chapters, but I consider that just a "calm before storm" as they say. I not want to say more. I just wanted to mention how much I enjoyed this piece of work.

So, I going to go enjoy my coffee now and try to lose my slight headache! Goodbye no-one!