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First publication of the complete plays of Chaim Potok. With the exception of the The Chosen, none have been previously available.

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.

Aujourd'hui, Brian est allé avec ses parents visiter la statue de la Liberté. Arrivé tout en haut, dans la tête de la statue, Brian s'est approché de la vitre et il a regardé en bas. Il a eu très peur, ses genoux tremblaient et il s'est senti tomber, tomber... Est-ce que c'est ça, avoir le vertige ? Comment pourra-t-il devenir pilote, comme son Oncle Conor, s'il a le vertige ? Ce que ne sait pas encore Brian, c'est que son Oncle Conor, justement, lui a préparé une incroyable surprise pour ses dix ans. La surprise s'appelle Roi du ciel. Elle attend au bout d'un champ immense. " Est-ce que tu veux toujours devenir pilote ? " demande Oncle Conor.

From the celebrated author of The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev , a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men—stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century. Ilana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. As a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In “The Ark Builder,” he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town. As a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in “The War Doctor,” her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors’ plot. And, finally, we meet her in “The Trope Teacher,” in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife’s illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal. Poignant and profound, Chaim Potok’s newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable—and remarkably loved—body of work.

Meistererzählungen des großen jüdisch-amerikanischen Romanciers – bitterzarte Geschichten vom Erwachsenwerden und Momentaufnahmen der amerikanischen Gegenwart Chaim Potoks Geschichten erzählen von den großen und kleinen Begebenheiten, die ein junges Leben erschüttern können: ein Unfall, der Verlust eines lieben Menschen, die Entdeckung der Schatten, die über einer Familie liegen, oder der Geheimnisse, die sich dicht unter der Oberfläche eines heilen Familienlebens verbergen. Sie stehen – manche urplötzlich, manche langsam aus der Erinnerung aufsteigend – am Beginn des Erwachsenenlebens. Junge Leser erfahren in diesen Geschichten mehr über Amerika als in noch so vielen Hollywood-Filmen.

The Bible's affirmation of Israel's divine election is often ignored or even repudiated by contemporary Christians and Jews who are scandalized by the possibility that God might favor one person or group over another. Beginning with the stories of family rivalry in Genesis and working through a host of other biblical texts, Joel Kaminsky explores the dynamics of election: Why does God favor certain people? How do the chosen and non-chosen interact? And what might these texts teach us about God's intentions for the world? Book jacket.

The book offers a captivating narrative that stands out for its remarkable storytelling and emotional depth. Readers can expect a wonderful journey filled with engaging characters and thought-provoking themes that resonate long after the final page is turned.

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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....

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....