My Name Is Asher Lev
 

My Name Is Asher Lev

by Chaim Potok

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. Asher Lev is an artist who is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels even when it leads him to blasphemy.In this stirring and often visionary novel, Chaim Potok traces Asher’s passage between these two identities, the one consecrated... (read more)

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martha r
  • Rated 5 stars

Asher Lev is such a painful/joyful journey through childhood, the influence of parents, and creativity. I clung to this book, especially as a teenager, when finding my own way seemed so daunting.

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Funny Stuff
  • Rated 2 stars

I didn't like this book that much, but the overall story is kind of neat.

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