Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Helprin's book "Ellis Island" 0156030608 (isbn13: 9780156030601)has the description for a different Helprin book: "Refiner's Fire" 0156031078 (isbn13: 9780156031073). A description of "Ellis Island" can be found here:

http://www.amazon.ca/Ellis-Island-Sto...

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and nominee for both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award, these ten stories and the celebrated title novella are "beyond compare . . . [Helprin's] imagination should be protected by some intellectual equivalent of the National Park Service" ("The Philadelphia Inquirer").

Jennifer, I think it's the correct description. It's mostly about the 10 stories that are in this book along with Ellis Island. The book link you sent contains Ellis Island & ten other stories.

No, the description really is wrong. I just read "Ellis Island and other stories" and the description definitely goes with the other book I indicated. In fact, the other book ("Refiner's Fire") is subtitled "The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl" ... and it is a novel, not a book of short stories.

Jennifer, Ok, I changed it.

thanks!