In the Beginning (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chaim Potok
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Memoir, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Tradition, New York City, 1940’s, Ghosts or apparitions, 1920’s, 1930’s, Jews or Jewish life, Anti-Semitism, Judaism
- Locales: New York, NY
In the Beginning, Potok's fourth published book, marked a stylistic advance in his art. In its extensive use of flashbacks and impressionistic language, Potok moved forward and backward in time creating concrete worlds suffused with the stuff of dreams, preparing the reader for the final vision of the climax. The novel is David Lurie's story. Now a teacher, Lurie's reminiscences transport him to his sixth year. At the close of the novel, Lurie has become a graduate student at the University of Chicago.
The Luries, an Orthodox Jewish family, emigrated from Poland and...
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