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"Memorable...A book profound in its vision of humanity, of religion, and of art."THE WALL STREET JOURNALHere is the original, deeply moving story of Asher Lev, the religious boy with an overwhelming need to draw, to paint, to render the world he knows and the pain he feels, on canvas for everyone to see.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Chaim Potok
- First published
- October 8, 2001
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Rowohlt, Fawcett Columbine, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780613675703
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Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967), was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies and which was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
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