Snow falling upon water makes a sound so close to silence that no heart exists it cannot calm. It fell across the Chesapeake and in the harbors and inlets and far out to sea, surrendering to the waters with the slightest exhalation and a muffled hiss. Though few are there to see it, in winter this happens often.
- From The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin
6 comments:
wow.
I think he's our best living writer. There's a poetical aspect to all of his novels.
I need to add his books to my stockpile.
I recommend starting with "Winter's Tale" but all of them are good.
oh. I just ordered this one up there.
There was a Russell Crowe film of Winter's Tale, but I suggest reading the book first.
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