THE PROMISE - Hardcover

Potok, Chaim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039444163X ISBN 13: 9780394441634

Publisher: Knopf, 1969

Synopsis

Book Club Edition.

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Review:

" A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring" -- "The Wall Street Journal"
" A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
" The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion." --"Washington Post Book World"
" Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . . "The Chosen" established Chaim Potok' s reputation as a significant writer. "The Promise" reaffirms it." - "The New York Times" "Book Review"

A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring "The Wall Street Journal" A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly. --"The Philadelphia Inquirer" The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion. --"Washington Post Book World" Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . . "The Chosen" established Chaim Potok s reputation as a significant writer. "The Promise" reaffirms it. "The New York Times" "Book Review""

A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring The Wall Street Journal A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly. --The Philadelphia Inquirer The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion. --Washington Post Book World Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . . The Chosen established Chaim Potok s reputation as a significant writer. The Promise reaffirms it. The New York Times Book Review"

"A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring" --The Wall Street Journal"A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion." --Washington Post Book World"Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . . The Chosen established Chaim Potok's reputation as a significant writer. The Promise reaffirms it."-The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Chaim Potok was born in New York City in 1929. He graduated from Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was ordained as a rabbi, and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He also served as editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America. Potok's first novel, The Chosen, published in 1967, received the Edward Lewis Wallant Memorial Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award. He is author of eight novels, including In the Beginning and My Name is Asher Lev, and Wanderings, a history of the Jews. He died in 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 039444163X
• ISBN 13: 9780394441634
• Binding: Hardcover