Conversations with Chaim Potok

by Chaim Potok

Book Overview

One of America's most popular Jewish writers, Chaim Potok (b. 1929) is the author of such novels as The Chosen (1967), The Promise (1969), The Book of Lights (1981), and Davita's Harp (1985). Each of his novels explores the tension between tradition and modernity, and the clash between Jewish culture and contemporary Western civilization, which he calls "core-to-core culture confrontation."

Although primarily known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578063469
• ISBN13: 9781578063468
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"