· Robert Olmstead is the author of eight previous books. Coal Black Horse was the winner of the Heartland Prize for Fiction. The Coldest Night was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Far Bright Star was the winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Olmstead is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA grant and is a professor at Ohio Wesleyan www.doorway.ru: Workman Publishing Company, Inc. “Robert Olmstead's The Coldest Night is an unusual treat in this era of formulaic airport paperbacks, lightly edited Internet releases and over-hyped pop fiction. It's not just a standout in terms of plot, character development and effective use of language; the reader immediately marvels that this is literature, in addition to being a great book.”―Reviews: · It’s a tiny detail, perhaps a disposable one, yet this is the kind of sentence that warms “The Coldest Night” and makes you wonder if Olmstead was meant to Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
The Coldest Night comes with the quasi subheading "A Novel of Love War." While Olmstead succeeds admirably in telling the War part of the story, he seems out of his comfort zone with the Love part. The romance between the main character and his soul mate germinates quickly and feels rushed - at times it teeters on the edge of contrived. The Coldest Night. By Robert Olmstead - Published Genres: Military. It's an old story - boy falls in love with the wrong girl and runs off to escape the longing. But Robert Olmstead' Read Review. Amazon Best Books of the Month, April www.doorway.ru are words used to describe Robert Olmstead's novel The Coldest Night--and all of them are true--but what really makes the book special is the imagery and emotion throughout.A seventeen-year-old Henry falls in love with Mercy, the young daughter of a judge.
The Coldest Night is powerful, and often beautiful, storytelling. Library Journal A novel of the early s and the Korean War that will appeal to readers of literary fiction. Robert Olmstead (born January 3, ) is an American novelist and educator. Early life and education. Olmstead The Coldest Night () Savage Country (). Read reviews and buy The Coldest Night - by Robert Olmstead (Paperback) at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.
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