The Rise of David Levinsky
Start Publishing LLC · Paperback · July 18, 2013
A young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side.
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- Who it’s for
- A sustained portrait of ambition, faith, and the costs of fitting into a new world.
- Genres
- Jewish Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, July 18, 2013
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A young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side. The energy formerly focused on his religious studies now turns in the direction of rising to the top of the business world, where he discovers the high price of assimilation.
Faith and Fortune
A sustained portrait of ambition, faith, and the costs of fitting into a new world.
Come here for
- Religious learning set against the pull of business success
- A New York story attentive to assimilation’s price
Expect
- A young Hasidic Jew’s struggle between Talmud study and worldly success
- The Lower East Side as the setting for a changing sense of purpose
Where it sits
| Jewish Fiction | 98% |
|---|---|
| Historical Fiction | 97% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Jewish Fiction
- Authors
- Abraham Cahan
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- July 18, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction