by Chaïm Potok · 10 X 18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264043955
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«Je m'appelle Asher Lev» is the novel by Chaïm Potok published by 10 X 18 in paperback (400 pages, in French).
Asher Lev, a Hasidic Jewish boy from Brooklyn, grows up with a vocation for drawing that clashes with his father and his environment. The Rèbbe of his community understands his gift and places him under the tutelage of the painter Jacob Kahn. The novel portrays the conflict between faith, family, identity and artistic freedom, and the price of an exceptional vocation.
First instalment of the «Asher Lev» series, originally published in 1972 as «My Name Is Asher Lev». This French edition is translated by Catherine Gary and Fabrice Hélion.
For readers interested in American Jewish narrative, coming-of-age novels and conflicts between religion and art.
Chaim Potok, was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Among the more than a dozen books he authored, his first novel The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3.4 million copies as of 2002, and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
