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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400095417
ISBN-139781400095414
eBay Product ID (ePID)45597107
Product Key Features
Book TitlePromise
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicPsychological, Religious, Literary, Coming of Age, Jewish
GenreFiction
AuthorChaim Potok
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-282726
Reviews"A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring" - The Wall Street Journal "A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion." -- Washington Post Book World "Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . . The Chosen established Chaim Potok's reputation as a significant writer. The Promise reaffirms it." The New York Times Book Review, "A profound, moving book...refreshing, inspiring" -The Wall Street Journal "A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and holid it tightly." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "The characterizations are vivid, the incidents dramatic, the narrative fluid. . . . Overall . . . a glow of human erudition and compassion." --Washington Post Book World "Brilliantly and intricately conceived. . . .The Chosenestablished Chaim Potok's reputation as a significant writer.The Promisereaffirms it."The New York TimesBook Review
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.5/4
Synopsis"A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders--who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer--Reuvan battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to aproach the peace he has long sought...., In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one's own way in the world. Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he's in love, and he's studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders--now a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on life--whether sacred truths or a troubled child--according to his own lights, not just established authority.
LC Classification NumberPS3566.O69 P7 2005
