Refiner's Fire

An orphaned immigrant's experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley to Harvard, off to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War.

About the author

Mark Helprin is the acclaimed author of Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, The Oceans and the Stars, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, and numerous other works. His novels are read around the world, translated into over twenty languages.

Summary

An orphaned immigrant's experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley to Harvard, off to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Helprin
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2005
• EAN: 9780156031073
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603107-3
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Historical / World War II, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Feminist, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, FICTION: World Literature / American / General