The Chosen (Paperback)
| Author: Chaim Potok |
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| "Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.... |
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In Potok's first novel, Danny Saunders must reconcile his rigidly repressive Hasidic heritage with his thirst for secular knowledge, and with his friendship with Reuven Malter, a liberal Jew. As always, Potok's primary concern is the way Jewish traditions often conflict with the values of contemporary society, and how a sensitive, thinking person copes with that.
In Potok's first novel, Danny Saunders must reconcile his rigidly repressive Hasidic heritage with his thirst for secular knowledge, and with his friendship with Reuven Malter, a liberal Jew. As always, Potok's primary concern is the way Jewish traditions often conflict with the values of contemporary society, and how a sensitive, thinking person copes with that.
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Chaim Potok
The eldest son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, Potok was raised in a strictly Orthodox household. He was educated at Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, received an M.A. in Hebrew literature, and was ordained a rabbi. He has edited various Jewish publications. He also has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His first novel, THE CHOSEN, was published in 1967. Like most of his subsequent books, it explores the culture of Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Among other ventures, Potok assisted the violinist Isaac Stern in the writing of his biography. Chaim Potok and his wife, Adena, were married for 44 years; they had two daughters. He was in the middle of a new novel when he died of brain cancer at 73.
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