The Promise - Chaim Potok [Book 2 of the Reuven Malther series]

"A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly."

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders--who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer--Reuvan battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to aproach the peace he has long sought....

Pages: 349

Paperback

Penguin Books, 1997

Good condition; pages tanned; cover has some small creases

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