My Name Is Asher Lev: Chapters 1-2

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Chaim Potok’s novel, My Name Is Asher Lev, is one of Tim’s favorite books, and its also one that has been nominated by listeners for a long time. So we’re thrilled to be digging into it. Here in episode one of this series, David, Heidi, and Tim discuss the way Potok skillfully reveals his protagonist’s unique gift; the questions the book asks about identity and family; and, naturally, a bit about the Jewish-American experience during the twentieth century. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm David Kern.
0:03.9	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.4	And I'm Tim McIntosh.
0:07.0	And you were listening to Close Read the Podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are back
0:12.5	together again.
0:13.6	The three of us are, you know, the normal, the normal crew.
0:18.0	We love having Ian around.
0:19.2	We love having Sean around.
0:21.5	But, you know,
0:26.9	it's, uh, it's great to get the gang back together again. And there'll be episodes where we'll even have maybe three of us plus Sean or, you know, Tim might have to duck out because of things
0:32.0	in his life, such as new life in his life. Babies. And yeah, exactly. But you know what?
0:38.6	It feels right.
0:39.7	It feels right to end the year, to end 2022,
0:44.0	the three of us talking about are really interesting and well-written books.
0:47.6	So, Tim, it's been a little while since the people have heard from you,
0:50.5	unless, of course, they're listening to the place thing.
0:52.6	But how the heck are you?
1:01.1	I'm really good. I would like to say something david you and hide can see what's happening in the background of my condo it's a dank basement it's not a dank basement it's um just it's
1:09.9	it's piled up with boxes of books because tomorrow, the bookshelves that we have longed for
1:20.2	since we moved into this place are going up on the wall.
1:25.8	We are having like built-in bookshelves. There are some, a collection of
1:30.3	close readers made a gift to Galen and I for our wedding. And it was a very generous amount. And
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