![]() ![]() “Mark Helprin’s sprawling new novel, In Sunlight and in Shadow, uses language, not music, to conduct the swelling themes of at least half a dozen Oscar-winning films to lyric crescendos. Challenges to both lead characters, who are captivating (she) and commanding (he), almost leaping from the pages." "Not finished, but a luminous love story, the writing is stunningly beautiful, Helprin's expression of emotions not seen since the 19th Century. Catherine's choice of Harry over her longtime fianc├® endangers Harry's livelihood-and eventually threatens his life.Įntrancing in its lyricism, In Sunlight and in Shadow so powerfully draws you into New York at the dawn of the modern age that, as in a vivid dream, you will not want to leave. ![]() Harry and Catherine pursue one another in a romance played out in postwar America's Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. ![]() In a single, magical encounter on the Staten Island ferry, the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale falls for him instantly but too late to prevent her engagement to a much older man. Harry Copeland, an elite paratrooper who fought behind enemy lines in Europe, returns home to run the family business. New York in 1947 glows with postwar energy. ![]() Mark Helprin's enchanting and sweeping novel asks a simple question: can love and honor conquer all? ![]()
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