"Almost everything of importance that a person does is a gamble, isn't it? Every crucial decision is a gamble." --Abraham Gordon in The Promise
This novel picks up where The Chosen left off. Reuven is in graduate school, studying to become a rabbi and his friend, Danny, is studying to become a psychologist. One of the themes that strikes me from this book is: What do we do with our knowledge? These boys fight for what they believe in and take risks. Again, as with Chaim Potok's books, the novel is beautifully written and very rich in description and character development. He writes so flawlessly that the writing is never a distraction. It's just the story and the lives of these young men that draws me in and keeps me interested.
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