Synopsis
25th anniversary edition of Potok's acclaimed first novel. The Chosen
chronicles the friendship between Danny Saunders, a boy from a Hasidic
family, and the more assimilated Reuven Malter, as they come of age in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Editorial Reviews
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.... School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-The Jewish enclaves of
Brooklyn, NY, form the backdrop for Chaim Potok's classic novel
(Fawcett, 1975) that begins just before D-Day and traces the unlikely
friendship of two Jewish teens as they watch World War II draw to a
close and the new state of Israel emerge. The story revolves around the
evolving, and sometimes painful, relationships between these boys and
their fathers, and the conflicts the young men must face as they come
of age. Jonathan Davis narrates with a gentle touch that warmly conveys
the book's serious, and occasionally playful, text. Copyright 2004 Reed
Business Information.
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.
Product Details
Paperback: 304 pages
Carton Size: 24 books
Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 27, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0449911543
ISBN-13: 978-0449911549
Product Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.53 x 0.81 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
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