The Pawnbroker by Edward Lewis Wallant

The Pawnbroker

Edward Lewis Wallant

279 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
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For most of us, remembering the Holocaust requires effort; we listen to stories, watch films, read histories. But the people who came to be called "survivors" could not avoid their memories. Sol Nazerman, protagonist of Edward Lewis Wallant's The ...

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3.99
based on 41 reviews

Moods

challenging: 100%

reflective: 100%

dark: 75%

emotional: 75%

sad: 75%

tense: 50%


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