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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. In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one' s own way in the world
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The Promise, Chaim Potok
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1970
Metodi di pagamento
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- Titolo
- The Promise
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Chaim Potok
- Editore
- Crest Book
- Pubblicato
- 1970
- Serie
- Il prescelto
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Temi religiosi, Classici, Letteratura Americana, Ebrei, Letteratura ebraica, Romanzi autobiografici, Ricerca del senso della vita, Tradizione
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1969
- Titolo originale
- The Promise
- Valutazione
- 4,2 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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. In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one' s own way in the world