{"product_id":"the-gates-of-november-9780449912409","title":"The Gates of November","description":"\"REMARKABLE . . . A WONDERFUL STORY.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe father is a high-ranking Communist officer, a Jew who survived Stalin's purges. The son is a \"refusenik,\" who risked his life and happiness to protest everything his father held dear. Now, Chaim Potok, beloved author of the award-winning novels The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev, unfolds the gripping true story of a father, a son, and a conflict that spans Soviet history. Drawing on taped interviews and his harrowing visits to Russia, Potok traces the public and privates lives of the Slepak family: Their passions and ideologies, their struggles to reconcile their identities as Russians and as Jews, their willingness to fight--and die--for diametrically opposed political beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] vivid account . . .  Potok] brings a novelist's passion and eye for detail to a gripping story that possesses many of the elements of fiction--except that it's all too true.\"\u003cbr\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChaim Potok\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1929. He graduated from Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was ordained as a rabbi, and earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He also served as editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America. Potok's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1967, received the Edward Lewis Wallant Memorial Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award. He is author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Asher Lev\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWanderings\u003c\/i\u003e, a history of the Jews. He died in 2002.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924008636690,"sku":"9780449912409","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4d1f868-3bef-4023-a2ef-61b8e940a09e.jpg?v=1738967933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gates-of-november-9780449912409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}