In Sunlight and In Shadow

In Sunlight and In Shadow

Hardcover edition
Author Mark Helprin
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fiction novel
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
October 2, 2012
Media type Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages 720 pp.
ISBN 978-0547819235
Preceded by Freddy and Fredericka (2005)

In Sunlight and in Shadow is a novel by Mark Helprin published in 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

It is set in New York City and often waxes lyrical about the city itself. It is the story of the love affair between Jewish business heir and former soldier, Harry Copeland, and Catherine Thomas Hale, also known by her stage name of Catherine Sedley, daughter of a wealthy, blue-blood New York family, from the time of their meeting on a Staten Island ferry.

Although it is set in the late forties, shortly after World War II, there are a number of anachronisms, which make the characters speak, act, and dress more like their 21st-century counterparts.

Similar works

Of all Helprin's works, this one is most similar to A Soldier of the Great War.

References

  1. "In Sunlight and in Shadow by Mark Helprin". Goodreads. goodreads.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. SCHILLINGER, LIESL (5 October 2012). "Halcyon Years 'In Sunlight and in Shadow,' by Mark Helprin". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. Cheuse, Alan (September 26, 2012). "A Midcentury Romance, With 'Sunlight' And 'Shadow'". npr.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. "In Sunlight and in Shadow by Mark Helprin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)". The New Yorker. newyorker.com. December 3, 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. SACKS, SAM (October 1, 2012). "A Sublime Anachronism: An old-fashioned love story unfolds in a romanticized vision of postwar New York.". The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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