The Chosen
$24.74
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2009
Summary
New to Penguin Modern Classics, a timeless tale of divided generations and enduring friendship
Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141040776 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141040777 |
| Author: | Chaim Potok |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2009 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok was born in 1929 and grew up and was educated in New York. After being ordained as a rabbi, he took a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a chaplain with the US Forces in Korea from 1955-57. His novels The Chosen, The Promise, In the Beginning, The Book of Lights, My Name is Asher Lev, The Gift of Asher Lev and I am The Clay, have all been published by Penguin. He is also the author of Wanderings, a history of the Jews; of a children’s book, The Tree of Here; and of three plays, Out of the Depths, Sins of the Father and The Play of Lights. He died in 2002.
Shalom Auslander is the author of the memoir, The Foreskin’s Lament and Beware of God, a collection of short stories about growing up Jewish. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and theGuardian, among others, and he is regular contributor to Public Radio International’s “This American Life.” He lives in New York.
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