Book of Lights - Couverture rigide

Potok, Chaim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434596043 ISBN 13 : 9780434596041

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 369 pages; Description: 369 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Mysticism --Judaism --Fiction --Jewish students --Orphans.

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: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434596043
• ISBN 13: 9780434596041
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible