Born in 1929, Chaim Potok grew up and was educated in New York.
After being ordained as a rabbi, he took a Ph.D. in philosophy at
the University of Pennsylvania. He was a chaplain with the US
Forces in Korea from 1955-1957. He died in 2002. His novels The
Chosen, The Promise, In the Beginning, The Book of Lights, My Name
is Asher Lev, The Gift of Asher Lev and I am The Clay, have all
been published by Penguin. He is also the author of Wanderings, a
history of the Jews; of a children's book, The Tree of Here; and of
three plays, Out of the Depths, Sins of the Father and The Play of
Lights.
Norman Lebrecht is widely regarded as one of the foremost cultural
commentators of our time. Born in London, he is Assistant Editor of
the Evening Standard and presenter of lebrecht.live on BBC Radio 3.
His eleven books about music are translated into 15 languages, and
in 2003 he won the Whitbread First Novel Award for The Song of
Names.
"A novel of finely articulated tragic power. . . . Little short of
a work of genius." "--The New York Times Book Review"
"Memorable. . . . Profound in its vision of humanity, of religion,
and of art.""--The Wall Street Journal"
"Such a feeling of freshness, of something brand-new. . . .
Attention-holding and ultimately moving." "--The New York
Times"
"Engrossing and illuminating." "--Miami Herald"
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