Description
'Anyone who finds The Chosen is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal... It will stay on our bookshelves and be read again' (Wall Street Journal)
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.
| Recommended in Program(s): | Challenge II |
| Cycle(s): | n/a |
Details
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Publisher: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
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Publication date: |
5 November 2009 |
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Number of pages: |
288 |
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Weight: |
214 g |
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Dimensions: |
197 x 127 x 17 (mm) |
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Format: |
Paperback |
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ISBN: |
9780141040776 |
Author
Born in 1929, Chaim Potok 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.