Sol Nazerman survived the Holocaust. His wife and children did not -he witnessed their murder in a concentration camp. He is now a Harlem pawnbroker, emotionally dead and indifferent to the desperation around him, running his shop as a front for a racketeer. Made into an Academy Award-winning film starring Rod Steiger, this is one of the most moving pieces in modern fiction.
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Edward Lewis Wallant (1926-1962) was an American writer. During his life he published the novels The Human Season (1960) and The Pawnbroker (1961). Wallant - a devoted family man with much potential - died of an aneurysm at the age of 36. Two of his novels were published posthumously - The Tenants of Moonbloom (1963) and The Children at the Gate (1964). Wallant began to write professionally aged thirty. He had served in the Second World War, and had attended art school in New York. He had spent some time as an advertising art director in the city. Wallant has an elegant and fluid writing style - his books are written in rich, free-flowing prose. Wallant has been compared to other Jewish American writers such as Saul Bellow and Phillip Roth. He was survived by his wife Joyce, who passed away in 1991; is survived by his son Scott, daughters Leslie and Kim, grandchildren Nina, Steve, Nora, Eddie, Jon, Esme and Ruthie.
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Elegant and Powerful,
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This review is from: The Pawnbroker (Paperback)
Showing how one man endured the worst nightmare during World War II and how it affects him and his mind throughout his life, "The Pawnbroker" is a gripping story about loss, acceptance, family, and sacrifice. It is also a story about "moving on". It's an exceptionally well told story and a fine addition to literature and fictional prose regarding the holocaust and the lives of those that nightmare affected.
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This is a rich work whose central theme is the meaning of true humanity. It is the story of a Jew who knows the worst inhumanity in the destruction of his family in the Holocaust( Shoah) and is tested as to the possibility of coming back to life through his meetings in the new world. It is a tightly written and in a way poetic narrative, troubling and moving. A very highly recommended work.
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It's an interesting story, and very sad for much of the novel. But this is what Wallant wanted - a real person - not some literary hero larger than life, but a real person who has been pushed to every extent imaginable and merely desires to stay alive and keep moving, nothing else.
Wallant, unfortunately, died early, in his mid 30's of a sudden heart attack. Had Wallant lived and continued to write for decades, we - this country - would most certainly have a much deeper respect and appreciation for this man and for his craft. He was a writer of unmatched precision and empathy. Read this book.
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Jesus Ortiz, Sol Nazerman, George Smith, Buck White, Cecil Mapp, Miss Birchfield, Uncle Sol, Mabel Wheatly, Marilyn Birchfield, John Rider, Mistuh Nazerman, Jane Ortiz, Mount Vernon, New York, Billy White, Daniel Webster, Leopold Schneider, Tessie Rubin, Youth Center, Ivy League, Albert Murillio, Puerto Rican New!
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His feet crunched on the hard-packed sand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Jesus Ortiz, Sol Nazerman, George Smith, Buck White, Cecil Mapp, Miss Birchfield, Uncle Sol, Mabel Wheatly, Marilyn Birchfield, John Rider, Mistuh Nazerman, Jane Ortiz, Mount Vernon, New York, Billy White, Daniel Webster, Leopold Schneider, Tessie Rubin, Youth Center, Ivy League, Albert Murillio, Puerto Rican New!
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- A Preface to Logic by Morris Raphael Cohen on page 107
- A Day in the Country (Classic Short Stories) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov on page 211
- Art Through the Ages: Ancient, Mediaeval and Non-European Art v. 1 by Helen Gardner on page 97
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