The Book of Lights - Couverture rigide

Potok, Chaim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0394520319 ISBN 13 : 9780394520315

Editeur : Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1981

Synopsis

Book by Potok Chaim

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Chaim Potok was born in New York City in 1929. He graduated from Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was ordained as a rabbi, and earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He also served as editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America. Potok’s first novel, The Chosen, published in 1967, received the Edward Lewis Wallant Memorial Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award. He is author of eight novels, including In the Beginning and My Name Is Asher Lev, and Wanderings, a history of the Jews. He died in 2002.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gershon Loran, a quiet rabinical student, is troubled by the dark reality around him. He sees hope in the study of Kabbalah, the Jewish bok of mysticism and visions, truth and light. But to Gershon's friend, Arthur, light means something else, the Atom bomb, his father helped create. Both men seek different a refuge in a foreign place, hoping for the same thing....

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Date d'édition: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394520319
• ISBN 13: 9780394520315
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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