My Name Is Asher Lev
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780449911686 (0449911683)
Publish date: March 11th 2003
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Interesting and passed on to my mother to read. It's the story of a jeswish artist, the struggle he has between his art and his heritage and the difficult choices he has to make to keep his soul satisfied. I found it interesting but really didn't quite engage with the main character. Still echoes...
interesting but not an easy read.I am someone who doesn’t believe in art (or even truth) as a value before all others. So I was irritated and annoyed by Asher Lev and felt that he should have been more considerate of the implications of his heritage and should have had more backbone in resisting bot...
Appeal: I cannot find the words to explain the appeal of this book. I find it terribly ironic that I finished it today, on Easter, the holiest day of the year for me as a fervent Christian....
I have a hard time relating to characters who are deeply devoted to their religion.
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