num_pages: 384
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Pacific and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Pacific and Other Stories
genres: Short Stories, American, Modern, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Sports, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 1336
publisher: Penguin Books