poachedeggs 's review for:

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
5.0

I read this book with a lump of something or other pulsing against the inside of my forehead. It felt like my brain was growing, or maybe it was sad, or maybe it was trying to escape the confines of my skin in order to grow itself a new master because it had imagination-envy.

My impoverished reconstruction:
- Art
- Orthodox Judaism
- Mission
- Truth
- Parental love
- Parental vulnerability
- Prostitution
- Pain
- Religion
- The history of art

I need to go and re-read [b:The Chosen|1258325|The Chosen|Chaim Potok|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182310466s/1258325.jpg|1336083]. I need to read [b:The Gift of Asher Lev|11502|The Gift of Asher Lev|Chaim Potok|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11502.jpg|940793]. And I need to think about how to cultivate my soul.