The Promise, Paperback
Descriere
In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promisebrilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one s own way in the world. Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he s in love, and he s studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders now a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on life whether sacred truths or a troubled child according to his own lights, not just established authority.""
Despre autor
Chaim Potok, a fost un autor american, romancier, dramaturg, editor și rabin. Printre cele peste o duzină de cărți pe care le-a scris, primul său roman, The Chosen (1967), a fost listat pe lista de bestselleruri a The New York Times timp de 39 de săptămâni și a vândut peste 3,4 milioane de exemplare până în 2002, fiind adaptat într-un film de lung metraj bine primit în 1981, cu același titlu.
