MY NAME IS ASHER LEV BY CHAIM POTOK DOWNLOAD

Asher is non-descriptive about his feelings, only stating his replies to people's questions instead of delving inside his own emotions. Diffe A tragically gripping, page turning work of total genius. I loved how this story drew me into the daily life of this young boy, his family and his struggle to become who he was meant to be. He received an Orthodox Jewish education. He even ensures that Asher learns first French, and then Russian.

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It contains what is false and impure, the most important component of potokk is the idea that evil is contained in the Master of the Universe. But in time his gift threatens to estrange him from that world and the parents he adores. I came back to it and finished it in one sitting.

The characters, the pacing. I could only dimly perceive such an awesome act of will.

Evil exists in a sort of parallel universe, one which lacks a crucial component of the divine and its Creation: Asher, sensing that he is destined to journey the world, to express its anguish through leev art, but to cause pain by doing so, decides to return to Europe. As a reader I became more and more emotionally invested with Asher.

Lists with This Book. She studied German and English at the University of Copenhagen before working as an assistant nurse, crane operator, and, later, teacher.

My Name Is Asher Lev

He gets in many disagreements over Asher's gift which causes him to dislike his son. Rivkeh became very ill and depressed because they were very close. They each had their own rising action, climax, and hint of resolution. It may have looked like he had to the Jewish community, I think he was stuck in the middle. The strife within his family and in his own mind will be the subject of the work which launches Asher Lev ls notoriety and success: The most intriguing character in the book is the Rebbe, who has absolute direction over the lives of members of his community.

This book also has a lot of great detail about the art world. He was conflicted between two things that were both "good. What does it mean to be a Caim Asher's parents are also very lucid characters.

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

I enjoyed learning about Hasidic Jews and understanding their religious convictions as well as experiencing the aesthetic pull to explain the world through art.

It was a very powerful book, although there were slow moments; there were times when I felt like saying, "I get the picture.

View all 4 comments. Anna Schaeffer — A very sophisticated woman and owner of the art gallery where Asher's art is displayed.

To get your reader discount: At age 17 he made his first submission to the magazine The Atlantic Monthly. Rebecca Gee 3 10 Sep 11, Hasidic Jews are one of the strictest kind of Jews and Asher's parents mostly his father is super orthodox.

There is a bit of repetition in some of the first half. I know very little about art. Return to Book Page. The book is full of many metaphors and excellent psychology. This was an aspect of the book that I really liked, for it made Asher a human being that came with complexities for both sides, but yet he certainly had something to offer to the art community.

At first I thought it was about an art prodigy; that a difficult path is taken when your child is special or gifted. There was a section where Asher tries to explain art to his father, going into the technical artistic terms and phrases. I would never have read this book on my own, and I will never forget it.