The Pacific and Other Stories

A dazzling collection of short stories by Mark Helprin bestselling author of Winter''s Tale which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell Jessica Brown Findlay Russell Crowe William Hurt and Jennifer ConnellyThe Pacific and Other Stories is a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope incomparable wit and deft prose that have come to be Mark Helprin''s 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.