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An Unfinished Season: A Novel
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An Unfinished Season: A Novel Paperback - 2005

by Ward Just

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Set in Eisenhower-era Chicago, this brilliant work evokes a city, an epoch, and a shift in ideals through the closely observed story of 19-year-old Wilson Ravan.

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Mariner Books, 2005. Paperback. Good. Former library book. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
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  • Title An Unfinished Season: A Novel
  • Author Ward Just
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition None
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 251
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # E-128-926
  • ISBN 9780618568284 / 061856828X
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.5 x 0.63 in (20.88 x 13.97 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Locality: Chicago, Illinois
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Illinois, Domestic fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Set in Eisenhower-era Chicago, An Unfinished Season brilliantly evokes a city, an epoch, and a shift in ideals through the closely observed story of nineteen-year-old Wilson Ravan. In his summer before college, Wils finds himself straddling three worlds: the working-class newsroom where he's landed a coveted job as a rookie reporter, the whirl of glittering North Shore debutante parties where he spends his nights, and the growing cold war between his parents at home. With unparalleled grace, Ward Just brings Wils's circle to radiant life. Through his finely wrought portraits of a father and son, young lovers, and newsroom dramas, Just also stirringly depicts an American poltical era.

From the publisher

Ward Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Award. In a career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers, artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their time between Martha’s Vineyard and Paris.

First line

THE WINTER of the year my father carried a gun for his own protection was the coldest on record in Chicago.

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 81
  • New York Times, 06/19/2005, Page 24

About the author

Ward Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Award. In a career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers, artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their time between Martha's Vineyard and Paris.

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