"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 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.
"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."...
Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art.
Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn be...
Out of a baseball game that nearly becomes a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from a strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patiently aware of the 20th century.
Out of a baseball game that nearly becomes a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from a strict Hasidic sect that keeps him boun...
Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it he poured all the torment a Jew feels when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.
Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it he poured all the torment a Jew feels when torn be...