A Dove of the East: And Other Stories

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.


Author: Mark Helprin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.34w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780156031011
ISBN10: 0156031019
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Space Exploration
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary