The Gift of Asher Lev: A Novel - Softcover

Potok, Chaim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449001156 ISBN 13: 9780449001158

Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1997

Synopsis

“Extraordinary . . . No one but Chaim Potok could have written this strangely sweet, compelling, and deeply felt novel.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
In his powerful My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok gave the world an unforgettable character and a timeless story that The New York Times Book Review hailed as “little short of a work of genius.” The Chicago Sun-Times declared it “a story that had to be told.” Now, Chaim Potok’s beloved character returns to learn, to teach, to dream, in The Gift of Asher Lev.
 
Twenty years have passed. Asher Lev is a world-renowned artist living with his young family in France. Still, he is unsure of his artistic direction. Success has not brought ease to his heart. Then Asher’s beloved uncle dies suddenly, and Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn—and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever.

It is a journey of confrontation and discovery as Asher purges his past in search of new inspiration for his art and begins to understand the true meaning of sacrifice and the painful joy in sharing the most precious gift of all.
 
Praise for The Gift of Asher Lev
 
“A masterwork.”—Newsday
 
“Rivals anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You’re not likely to read anything better this year.”—The Detroit News

“Fascinating.”—The Washington Post Book World
 
“Very moving.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

About this title

From the Publisher:

My Name Is Asher Lev is an amazing account of a Jewish boy's development into an artist, much to the displeasure of his religious family. The sequel, The Gift of Asher Lev, leaves one in even more astonishment as the climax of the story stretches and challenges one's reason and faith.

-Jocelyn Schmidt, Ballantine National Sales Coordinator

From the Inside Flap:

anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You're not likely to read anything better this year."
THE DETROIT NEWS
Twenty years have passed for Asher Lev. He is a world-renowned artist living in France, still uncertain of his artistic direction. When his beloved uncle dies suddenly, Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn--and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever....
From the Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0449001156
• ISBN 13: 9780449001158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384