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Synopsis
This is the sequel to "My Name is Asher Lev". Lev is a devout Jew who has become a painter of international renown. He has learned to live with the dichotomy between his beliefs and his work by making his home in France. But when a beloved uncle dies, he and his family return to Brooklyn.
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"Extraordinary . . . No one but Chaim Potok could have written this strangely sweet, compelling, and deeply felt novel."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A masterwork."--Newsday "Rivals anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You're not likely to read anything better this year."--The Detroit News "Fascinating."--The Washington Post Book World "Very moving."--The Philadelphia InquirerAbout the Author
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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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0140153691
- ISBN 13 9780140153699
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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