Acts of Faith - Softcover

Segal, Erich.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099101718 ISBN 13: 9780099101710

Publisher: P/B, 1993

Synopsis

Timothy, abandoned at birth, is headed for a life of delinquency untul a chance confrontation triggers his spectacular rise in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. But ahead lies one soul-inflaming passsion which will test the strength of his vows.

Daniel, is the only son of Rabbi Moses Luria. His destiny is to 'inherit' the leadership of the community of orthodox Jews...and to break his father's heart.

Deborah, Daniel's sister, is raised to be docile and dutiful, the perfect rabbi's wife...until love thakes her into the worlds she never dared imagine.


Acts of Faith is a towering novel spanning more than a quarter of a century, taking us from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia, Montreal, and the holy splendour of Rome and Jerusalem. It is spellbinding story of three extraordinary people who will painfully discover that the mysteries of religion are set against those of human heart.

About this title

About the Author

Erich Segal (1937–2010) began his writing career with the phenomenally successful Love Story. He wrote eight other novels, including The Class, which was an international bestseller and won literary prizes in France and Italy. Doctors reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Segal’s academic focus included Green and Latin literature—subjects he taught at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Oxford.

From Publishers Weekly

Dismally predictable, humorless and heavy-handed, Segal's latest melodramatic tale (after Doctors ) is potboiling at its most banal. Daniel Luria is the heir apparent to the Brooklyn-based Silczer dynasty of rabbis. After Timothy Hogan (an "orphan" with two living parents) breaks the Lurias' window, Rabbi Luria hires him to turn out the lights on Sabbath nights. When the rabbi sees his daughter Deborah and Timothy poised for a forbidden embrace, he banishes Deborah to Jerusalem. Timothy, a rising star en route to Catholic priesthood, eventually encounters Deborah on her kibbutz; they consummate their relationship, despite Timothy's vows of celibacy. Meanwhile, in rabbinical school, Daniel finds doubt as well as lust in his heart; his lover leaves him, but not without some hot stock tips. A millionaire (if still unhappy), Daniel decides against religious life, to his father's profound discontent. Timothy encounters liberation theology in Brazil, has an epiphany, turns his back on Church hierarchy and acknowledges love. Daniel, who has rejoined his faith on less Orthodox terms, meets the woman of his dreams, and also finds he can follow in his father's footsteps. Segal makes even the interesting details and dilemmas of religious lives seem superficial. 250,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo .
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Edition details

• Publisher: P/B
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099101718
• ISBN 13: 9780099101710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 525