|
|
Summary: Though on the surface it explores religious faith--the intellectually committed as well as the passionately observant--the struggles addressed in The Chosen are familiar to families of all faiths and in all nations. In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, a baseball accident throws Reuven Malther and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences (Reuven is a secular Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father; Danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe), the young men form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. Together they negotiate adolescence, family conflicts, the crisis of faith engendered when Holocaust stories begin to emerge in the U.S., loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. Then Danny and Reuven are forbidden to see each because of their religious differences. The intellectual and spiritual clashes between fathers, between each son and his own father, and between the two young men prove the book to be outstanding. |
|
|
|
My Comments: This was a book for a patient person that can appreciate the meaning of religion, friendship, and loss. I really liked the book. It made me cry at a part because it was so sad, but overall, it's just a great book. Some parts about the Jewish traditions and mass were a little hard to understand, but that was the only fault. |
|
