My Name is Asher Lev

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.

"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"