Conversations with Chaim Potok by Daniel Walden - 9781578063468

Conversations with Chaim PotokAuthor(s): Daniel Walden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781578063468, 978-1578063468\nSynopsis\nOne of America's most popular Jewish writers, Chaim Potok (b. 1929) is the author of such novels as The Chosen [tel], The Promise [tel], The Book of Lights [tel], and Davita's Harp [tel]. Each of his novels explores the tension between tradition and modernity, and the clash between Jewish culture and contemporary Western civilization, which he calls \""\""core-to-core culture confrontation.\""\"" Although primarily known as a novelist, Potok is an ordained Conservative rabbi and a world-class Judaic scholar who has also published children's books, theological discourses, biographies, and histories. Conversations with Chaim Potok presents interviews ranging from 1976 to 1999. Potok discusses the broad range of his writing and the deep influence of non-Jewish novels-i.