Winter's Tale
Mark Helprin, , read by Oliver Wyman. . BBC Audiobooks America, $49.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-60283-344-9
Issued on audio for the first time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its publication, this version of Helprin's classic novel is a huge disappointment. Helprin's book is one of the great works of American fiction of the last quarter-century and a classic New York novel, but Oliver Wyman reads it as if it were a bedtime story for children. Playing up the whimsy of Helprin's urban fantasy, Wyman entirely misunderstands the nature of the book, which is more philosophical than fanciful, and with a sense of imagination not childish but deeply adult. Not grasping these facts, Wyman treats the book as a New York “Harry Potter,” and the result is a mess unworthy of this great book.
Reviewed on: 05/26/2008
Genre: Audio
Compact Disc - 22 pages - 978-1-4829-7292-4
Compact Disc - 978-1-4829-7294-8
Hardcover - 688 pages - 978-0-15-197203-6
MP3 CD - 978-0-7927-5330-8
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-671-50987-3
Open Ebook - 768 pages - 978-0-547-54386-4
Paperback - 768 pages - 978-0-15-603119-6
Paperback - 688 pages - 978-0-15-600194-6
Paperback - 978-0-671-72707-9
Paperback - 748 pages - 978-0-544-32042-0
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-0-7927-6604-9
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-60514-950-9
