The gift of Asher Lev / by Chaim Potok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potok, Chaim.

Contributor:

Schmiderer, Dorothy.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Fiction.

Artists.

Jews--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

Jews.

New York (State)--New York.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 369 pages, 7 unnumbered pages. ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Manufacture:

Fairfield, Pennsylvania : Printed and bound by Fairfield Graphics.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House], 1990.

Summary:

In the continuation of one of Potok's best-known books, we find Lev called back to Brooklyn from France--and once again forced to make a choice between the sacred and the worldly. Lev comes to realize that his decision will affect not only the two worlds he inhabits, but also the sanctitiy of his family and, most importantly, the future of his young son.

Notes:

Continuation of: My name is Asher Lev.

"Knopf 75 Years of Publishing" vignette printed on preliminary page [1].

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"First Trade Edition."

"A signed first edition of this book has been privately printed by The Franklin Library."

"This book was set in a film version of Granjon, a type named in compliment to Robert Granjon, but neither a copy of a classic face nor an entirely original creation."

"Typography and binding design by Dorothy Schmiderer Baker."

National Jewish Book Awards - Fiction, Winner, 1991

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copies 1-2 presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copies: dust jackets retained.

Contains:

Potok, Chaim. My name is Asher Lev.

ISBN:

0394572122 :