&quot;Rivals anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You're not likely to read anything better this year.&quot;<br>THE DETROIT NEWS<br>Twenty years have passed for Asher Lev. He is a world-renowned artist living in France, still uncertain of his artistic direction. When his beloved uncle dies suddenly, Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn--and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever....<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>