Refiner's Fire
The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling
Published on 1. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-15-603107-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-15-603107-3 (9780156031073)
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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.