| In the Beginning Contributor(s): Potok, Chaim (Author) |
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ISBN: 044900113X ISBN-13: 9780449001134 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: All beginnings are hard--that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the Depression-shadowed Bronx, he must begin to hold his own against neighborhood bullies and the treacherous frailties of his own health. As a young man in a world menaced by a distant, horrifying war, he must begin once more--this time to define a resolute path of personal belief that departs boldly from the tradition of his teachers and his own father, a courageous defender of their people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97090669 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.52" W x 8.2" (1.08 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Powerful . . . It successfully recreates a time and place and the journey of a soul."--The New York Times All beginnings are hard--that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the depression-shadowed Bronx, he must begin to hold his own against neighborhood bullies and the treacherous frailties of his own health. As a young man in a world menaced by a distant, horrifying war, he must begin once more--this time to define a resolute path of personal belief that departs boldly from the tradition of his teachers and his own father, a courageous defender of their people. Learning how to remember his past as he nourishes the future, David struggles to complete his first long journey into ancient beginnings. "A major work in every sense."--Pittsburgh Press |