The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family - Hardcover

Potok, Chaim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394588673 ISBN 13: 9780394588674

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Chronicles the stormy lives of a Jewish father and son in the Soviet Union, profiling Solomon Slepak, an old-guard Bolshevik, and his son Voldya, a `refusenik` persecuted and imprisoned for trying to leave the Soviet Union. 30,000 first printing. Tour. Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the author of The Chosen comes a work of nonfiction that chronicles the stormy lives of a Jewish father, Solomon Slepak, an infelxible old-guard Bolshevik, and his son, Volodya, who became an internationally renowned refusenik" hero during the 18 years of his persecution for attempting to leave the Sovviet Union. Potok tells their story with deep understanding and empathy. 13 photos"

About this title

Product Description:

Chronicles the stormy lives of a Jewish father and son in the Soviet Union, profiling Solomon Slepak, an old-guard Bolshevik, and his son Voldya, a "refusenik" persecuted and imprisoned for trying to leave the Soviet Union. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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 PhD 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: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0394588673
• ISBN 13: 9780394588674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 249