by Chaim Potok · Fawcett · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780449213445
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«The Chosen» is the literary novel by Chaim Potok, published by Fawcett in paperback (304 pages, in English).
The story follows Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, two Jewish teenagers in 1940s Brooklyn who meet during a baseball game between their respective schools. From that encounter emerges a friendship that forces them to confront the differences between Orthodox Judaism and Hasidism, paternal authority, and their own desires for freedom.
First installment of the Reuven Malter series, originally published in 1967. Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award and finalist for the National Book Award.
Aimed at readers of contemporary classics and Jewish literature, with special interest in coming-of-age novels.
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.
