Chaim Potok

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  1. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Haven't asked this in a while.
    Any other readers of Potok's novels here?
    I'm rereading The Promise right now.

    Potok writes about the Hasidim and the cultural clashes in Judiaism as one generation passes to a more modern one.
     
    drumminmama, Nov 18, 2004
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    We read "The Chosen" last year when I was a Sophomore
     
    purplemoonbeams, Nov 18, 2004
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    Many years ago I read My Name is Asher Lev, and I thought it was great.
     
    riptiderevolucion, Nov 18, 2004
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  7. drumminmama

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    hmmm... anyone read him for fun?
    He's one of few authors that slows down my reading pace. I revel in his logic, his textures, been known to read something a character mentioned (like 1919 by Dos Pasos) and check his Talmudic arguments.
    I'm reading Wanderings, a history of the Jews in spare moments (can't tackle it at once)
     
    drumminmama, Nov 20, 2004
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    I read him for fun, I've only read one, 'The Chosen', for fun and thought it was great. really thought provoking. I want to read more but I haven't gotten round to hunting more of his books down yet, our libraries aren't huge.
     
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  11. drumminmama

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    go next to the Promise. I see a UK flag in your avatar, are you in the UK?
    If so do the free libraries have an interlibrary loan?
    That's often how I get the really good stuff.
     
    drumminmama, Nov 27, 2004
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    nah, I'm from NZ first generation, I go to england once every 4 years and all of my family (bar immediate) is over there- I'm a brit at heart lol. I also couldn't find an avator I liked enough :p

    Our libraries are all linked, you can use the same card for all of them (4 libraries altogether, in different towns), but you have to return your books to the one you got them from and asking my town's to get a book in from one of the other 4 takes about a week. So I only go when I have business in the other towns, not too often :( but i'll read the Promise! Isn't it about a little girl?
     
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    no, the promise is Danny in med residency treating the son of a man far worse (in Reb Saunders' eyes) than David Malter and Zionism.
    Davita's Harp is good and is about a girl losing her Communist activist/writer father and her mom remarries into a strict Hassidic community.
    It's good, too.
     
    drumminmama, Nov 29, 2004
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    BTW inter-library loan can take up to 6 months in the states.
     
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    "the chosen" was really life altering for me. i became more aware of my faith and my beliefs in G*d it made me realize alot of things. I also loved my name is asher lev
     
    sunkissedgreenfarie, Dec 4, 2004
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    I read 'My Name is Asher Lev' and wrote a killer research paper on it, comparing Asher to Michelangelo. If you'd like to read it, PM me.

    It was a wonderful book, although it is currently the only selection of his that i've tried.
     
    Hippievixen, Dec 6, 2004
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