Chaim Potok

The Chosen

My Name Is Asher Lev

The Promise

The Gift of Asher Lev

Davita's harp

David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught.... From the Paperback edition.

In the Beginning

Ilana Davita Dinn, a "listener," records the lives of three very different Jewish men--"The Ark Builder," "The War Doctor," and "The Trope Teacher."

Old Men at Midnight

This stunning departure for the beloved author of The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev is a powerful story of love and war in Korea. An old peasant farmer and his wife are fleeing the Chinese during the Korean War when they come across a wounded boy who, they believe, has magical powers.

I Am the Clay

The Book of Lights

Danny l'eletto

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

Chronicles of the Slepak Family

The Gates of November

A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice.

Chaim Potok's History of the Jews

Wanderings

Vecchi a mezzanotte

Isaac Stern

The world-famous violinist describes his decades-long love affair with the world of music, his friendships with notable colleagues, his ideas and beliefs about art and life, and his dedicated work with younger musicians.

My First 79 Years

Polnoc starých mužov

Vyvolení

Peter Sollet

Een orthodox-joodse Amerikaanse jongen en zijn vrijzinnig-joods opgevoede vriend krijgen, ondanks bezwaren van de respectievelijke vaders, allengs respect voor de levenswijze en opvattingen van de ander.

Uitverkoren

A collection of stories about six different young people who each experience a life-changing event.

Zebra and Other Stories

Segunda y última entrega de la nunca terminada trilogía sobre Asher Lev. El niño protagonista de Mi nombre es Asher Lev se ha convertido ya en un afamado pintor que vive con su mujer y sus hijos en el sur de Francia. Tras el repentino fallecimiento de su tío Yitzchok es reclamado de urgencia a volver a su Brooklyn natal, lo que supondrá el reencuentro con su familia y con la comunida jasidí de Ladover, de la que había sido explusado. Una vez allí, diversos acontecimientos provocarán un giro en la relación entre Asher y la comunidad ladovita, lo que hará que tenga lugar El don de Asher Lev. Potok da continuidad en esta obra al agudo retrato del artista y su mundo que realizó en la primera entrega, a la vez que nos introduce en el mundo y las problemáticas de las comunidades jasidíes que se se asentaron en América en la primera mitad del siglo XX.

Chaim Potok

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