Quote by: Mark Helprin

For example, they recently had a piece on a character--I think his name was Ambrosio D'Urbervilles--whose "design statement" was to stuff an entire apartment from floor to ceiling with dark purple cottonballs. He called it "Portrait of a Dead Camel Dancing on the Roof of a Steambath.


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Author Bio


  • NameMark Helprin
  • DescriptionUS author, journalist, commentator
  • BornJune 28, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize