The Rise of David Levinsky
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2.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Acclaimed by literary critic Carl Van Doren as "the most important of all immigrant novels," The Rise of David Levinsky takes place amid America's biggest and most diverse Yiddish-speaking community during the early 20th century. David Levinsky, a young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud, seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side. All 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. Author Abraham Cahan founded and edited the Jewish Daily Forward, the world's most widely read Yiddish paper, and his direct experience contributes mightily to the authenticity of this monumental work.
Customer Reviews
A pretty good book.
The book was insightful of how the united states try’s to destroy one values and so called culture 3 1/2 stars is a better rating. it depicts a place of greed lust and sin. In this case it was quite the novel , yet in the aspect of relationships it seemed to be lacking any truth or vibrancy, although this maybe true of the region as well. Some may say that it is a criticism of the country but I don’t think the author intended this at all. In this case he was simply depicting circumstances of the time which have to this day not been resolved or even approached. The author was showing how prostitution is the backbone of the untied states economy and is simply covered up by institutions such as the police and other so called business fronts. The main issue I have with the novel is it lacked any kind of romance, maybe the author was not experienced in such aspects of life, it was not believable in that sense at all.