Edward Lewis Wallant
Edward Lewis Wallant wrote four concentrated novels of moral anguish and redemption before dying at thirty-six. The Pawnbroker is a harrowing masterpiece about a Holocaust survivor's damaged emotional life in New York.
Works
- The PawnbrokerNovel of a Holocaust survivor turned pawnbroker struggling with trauma and moral paralysis
- The Human SeasonNovel depicting a middle-aged man's existential crisis during a single transformative season
- The Tenants of MoonbloomComic novel of a hapless apartment building manager attempting to transform his tenants' lives
- The Children at the GateNovel exploring compassion and redemption among the poor and marginalized of a city