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Ellis Island and Other Stories

Mark Helprin

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#495 of 8,085 books · #258 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction (1982), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1982), and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1981).

Ellis Island and Other Stories won the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award. This short story collection by Mark Helprin demonstrates his mastery of fiction across a diverse spectrum of styles. The stories range from children caught in a Vermont blizzard to an English sea captain who encounters an ape adrift in the Indian Ocean. The title novella tells the tale of a Jewish immigrant who arrives in New York City with little more than an ivory pen—and an unflagging determination to survive the indignities of Ellis Island's many protocols.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13
9781328954336
Genre
Fiction
Topics
ImmigrationSurvivalHuman resilience

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