My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 11, 2003, is a literary work that explores the life of a young religious artist. This edition spans 384 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers on Asher Lev, a Ladover Hasid growing up in a Hasidic community in postwar Brooklyn, where he grapples with the tension between his devout upbringing and his passion for art.
Readers will find a profound exploration of identity as Asher’s artistic drive compels him to depict the world around him, often leading to conflict with his faith and family. The story delves into themes of creativity and spirituality, portraying Asher’s journey as he navigates the complexities of his dual existence. My Name Is Asher Lev offers a rich, introspective look at the life of an artist caught between tradition and personal expression.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic from the National Book Award–nominated author of The Chosen, a young religious artist is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels, even when it leads him to blasphemy.
“A novel of finely articulated tragic power …. Little short of a work of genius.”—The New York Times Book Review
Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono Shel Olom, the Master of the Universe. He grows up in a cloistered Hasidic community in postwar Brooklyn, a world suffused by ritual and revolving around a charismatic Rebbe. He is torn between two identities, the one consecrated to God, the other devoted only to art and his imagination, and in time, his artistic gift threatens to estrange him from that world and the parents he adores.
As it follows his struggle, My Name Is Asher Lev becomes a luminous, visionary portrait of the artist, by turns heartbreaking and exultant.
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