Mark Helprin´s magical masterpiece will transport you yo New York of the Belle Epoque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows. One winter night, Peter Lake -master mechanic and master second-storey man- attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying of consumption. It is a love so power-ful that Peter Lake, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring backthe dead. His great struggle is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.