Midstream, September 1st, 2004
Novelist and scholar Chaim Potok was born in the Bronx on February 17, 1929 and died in Merion, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 2002. His novels were extremely popular; his first book, The Chosen, was on the best-seller list for more than six months. Nevertheless, Potok's work is rarely taught in college courses. His highly readable novels, filled with information about the variety of communities, practices, and doctrines found among Orthodox Jews, ave generally ignored by literary critics.
It is not entirely clear why some literature is considered great. Emotional anguish, frustrated love, and s...
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