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A Warmer Season
Daniel Fell, a seventeen-year-old Jewish boy tortured over his parents divorce befriends two Italians--Gianni Scaravento and his terminally ill mother Angela--who give him the strength to fight his battle
- GenresFiction
252 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1987
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Joseph Olshan
19 books78 followersJoseph Olshan is an award-winning American novelist. His first novel, Clara's Heart, won the Times/Jonathan Cape Young Writers' Competition and went on to be made into a feature film starring Whoopi Goldberg. He is the author of eight novels, the most recent of which, The Conversion, will be published in 2008.
In addition to his novels, he has written extensively for newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, The Times (London), The Guardian (London),The Independent (London), The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, the New York Observer, Harpers Bazaar, People magazine and Entertainment Weekly. During the 1990's he was a regular contributor of book reviews to the Wall Street Journal. For six years was a professor of Creative Writing at New York University where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Joseph Olshan's other novels include Nightswimmer and Vanitas, as well as The Waterline, A Warmer Season, The Sound of Heaven and In Clara's Hands, a sequel to his acclaimed first novel, Clara's Heart.
Joseph Olshan is published in the U.S. by Saint Martin's Press and Berkley Books; and in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury publishing and Arcadia Books. His work has been translated into sixteen languages.
In addition to his novels, he has written extensively for newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, The Times (London), The Guardian (London),The Independent (London), The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, the New York Observer, Harpers Bazaar, People magazine and Entertainment Weekly. During the 1990's he was a regular contributor of book reviews to the Wall Street Journal. For six years was a professor of Creative Writing at New York University where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Joseph Olshan's other novels include Nightswimmer and Vanitas, as well as The Waterline, A Warmer Season, The Sound of Heaven and In Clara's Hands, a sequel to his acclaimed first novel, Clara's Heart.
Joseph Olshan is published in the U.S. by Saint Martin's Press and Berkley Books; and in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury publishing and Arcadia Books. His work has been translated into sixteen languages.
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April 25, 2014
I can't blame Daniel's mom but she is kind of selfish for leaving the family to "save herself"; Is Gianni the reflect of the typical image of American football-player students nowadays?; The relationship between Daniel and Gianni's mother Angela is quite impressive and touching;Julietta started to hangout with another guy right after she broke up with Daniel under the threaten of her dangerous cousins. Daniel asked her why she can's just wait for him until things blew over. She said:" this is my last year of high school. I don't want to wait around for anybody. I want to have some fun." Well, what else could Daniel have said.
June 26, 2008
An okay read. Olshan tells this in the point of view of a teen whose family has lived in Italy and returned to the U.S. I was disappointed with the ending, but as with Nightswimmer, the writing is pleasurable. He draws his characters with a good deal of empathy.
July 22, 2011
A great read. Great character AND story development. A wonderful writer.
December 17, 2011
Nicely written, an interesting story on the edge of depressing.
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