The Chosen (Potok novel)

The Chosen
First edition cover
AuthorChaim Potok
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages283 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-671-13674-7 (first edition, hardback)
Followed byThe Promise 

The Chosen is a novel written by Chaim Potok. It was first published in 1967. It follows the narrator, Reuven Malter, and his friend Daniel Saunders, as they grow up in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1940s. A sequel featuring Reuven's young adult years, The Promise, was published in 1969.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "The Chosen". cliffsnotes.com. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ Sumner, Paul. "Book Review". hebrew-streams.org. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Chaim Potok". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 14 March 2014.