Potok was an accomplished painter, in addition to being a writer and a Rabbi. In the front of this book is a quotation from Picasso: "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth." My Name is Asher Lev, which Potok called his most autobiographical novel, is the struggle of a gifted artist torn between his art and his orthodox traditions that reject art. Potok is arguably best known for his novel, The Chosen, which was made into a film and a Broadway play. In his lifetime, he wrote nine novels, three children's books, and numerous stories, plays, and articles. Potok was raised as an Orthodox Jew and was ordained as a Rabbi. The late Jewish writer Chaim Potok (1929-2002) is probably best known for his novels, many of which explore the struggle to reconcile religion and modernity.
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