A Dove Of The East: And Other Stories

Mark Helprin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jun 1, 2005 - Fiction - 175 pages

The twenty stories here, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker and have since been anthologized throughout the world, are strikingly beautiful essays on enduring and universal questions: In Rome, in the hour of his death, and American priest must choose between his Church and his God. An Israeli scout risks the safety and respect of his comrades in an act of transfiguring gentleness and charity. In a hot, dirty typewriter ribbon factory in the Bronx, a young man finds love. A Dutch child in a Canadian orphanage carries in her heart, her love for her parents and the pain of war. A soldier is overpowered by his days of burying the dead. A Sicilian widow meditates on the end of her family line. These twenty stories are strikingly beautiful pieces on enduring, universal questions by a writer the San Francisco Review of Books calls "a master crafter of the short story."

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User Review  - Natalie Joseph - Goodreads

Wow! That's my review of this collection. Mark Helprin is a master of elegiac writing. Though he employs great simplicity in his style of writing, understanding his work requires thought. From reading ...

Review: A Dove of the East: And Other Stories

User Review  - Stephen Murley - Goodreads

Another great Helprin short story collection.

About the author

MARK HELPRIN has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, and the New York Times, among many other publications. His collection The Pacific and Other Stories was published in the fall of 2004. He lives in Virginia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Dove Of The East: And Other Stories
• Author: Mark Helprin
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005
• ISBN: 0156031019, 9780156031011
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Short Stories (single author)