Books with author Edward Lewis Wallant

Before Edward Lewis Wallant's death of an aneurysm at 36, he published two novels - The Human Season and The Pawnbroker - while two others, The Tenants of Moonbloom and The Children at the Gate, were released posthumously.In the short time he was writing - about three years wherein he considered himself and was considered a serious writer - he was counted as part of a brilliant group of postwar Jewish American writers - Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth among them. The Children at the Gate concerns the patients at a troubled New York City hospital. It is full of weird, explosive characters. The story is intense, and troubling, and full of dark contradictions.

Rare, First Edition, hard back. Dust cover shows some wear consistent with age. Prior owners stamp of ownership in corner of first page (see photo). Very tight book. No loose or missing pages. About the author: Edward Lewis Wallant (October 19, 1926 - December 5, 1962) was an American writer. He died of an aneurysm at the age of 36. This was his last published novel. His first works were short stories published in the New Voices: American Writing Today series volumes I, II and III. These include "When Ben Awakened", "I Held Back My Hand", "The Man Who Made a Nice Appearance". His novels included The Human Season (1960) and The Pawnbroker (1961), which was adapted into an award-winning film starring Rod Steiger. Two of his novels were published posthumously: The Tenants of Moonbloom (1963) and The Children at the Gate (1964) Wallant began to write professionally at age twenty nine. He had served in the Second World War as a gunner's mate. He attended the University of Connecticut and graduated from Pratt Institute and studied writing at The New School in New York. While he worked as an advertising art director at McCan-Erikson by day, Wallant wrote at night. Encouraged by his time at the Breadloaf writers conference, he won a Guggenheim Award in 1962. Wallant has been compared to other Jewish American writers such as Saul Bellow and Phillip Roth. He was survived by his wife Joyce, who died in 1991, and by his son Scott, daughters Leslie and Kim, grandchildren Nina, Steve, Nora, Eddie, Jon, Esme and Ruthie.