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The Gift of Asher Lev
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The Gift of Asher Lev Paperback - 1997

by Chaim Potok

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In the continuation of one of Potok's best-known books, we find Lev called back to Brooklyn from France--and once again forced to make a choice between the sacred and the worldly. Lev comes to realize that his decision will affect not only the two worlds he inhabits, but also the sanctitiy of his family and, most importantly, the future of his young son.

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  • Title The Gift of Asher Lev
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Ballantine
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
  • Date September 10, 1997
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B13051024N21166
  • ISBN 9780449001158 / 0449001156
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.26 x 0.83 in (20.27 x 13.36 x 2.11 cm)
  • Reading level 810
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Jews - New York (State) - New York
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97090671
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the jacket flap

"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
Twenty years have passed for Asher Lev. He is a world-renowned artist living in France, still uncertain of his artistic direction. When his beloved uncle dies suddenly, Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn--and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever....

"From the Paperback edition.

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.

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