Mark Helprin (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Though Mark Helprin is best known as a writer of short fiction, the genre in which he has excelled, he is also the author of several substantial novels. In 1989, Helprin switched genres to children’s literature for the writing of Swan Lake (1989), with the story taken from the ballet of the same name. It was the first of a trilogy that later would include A City in Winter: The Queen’s Tale (1996) and The Veil of Snows (1997). Two-time Caldecott winner Chris Van Allsburg provided the illustrations.
Helprin’s stories and...
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