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Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion.' Into it her poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.
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"A novel of finely articulated tragic power. . . . Little short of a work of genius." "--The New York Times Book Review" "Memorable. . . . Profound in its vision of humanity, of religion, and of art.""--The Wall Street Journal" "Such a feeling of freshness, of something brand-new. . . . Attention-holding and ultimately moving." "--The New York Times" "Engrossing and illuminating." "--Miami Herald"
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Born in 1929, Chaim Potok grew up and was educated in New York. After being ordained as a rabbi, he took a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a chaplain with the US Forces in Korea from 1955-1957. He died in 2002.
His novels The Chosen, The Promise, In the Beginning, The Book of Lights, My Name is Asher Lev, The Gift of Asher Lev and I am The Clay, have all been published by Penguin. He is also the author of Wanderings, a history of the Jews; of a children's book, The Tree of Here; and of three plays, Out of the Depths, Sins of the Father and The Play of Lights.
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- Publication date1974
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