- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (Mar 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553560700
- ISBN-13: 978-0553560701
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 3.1 x 17.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #159,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Dismally predictable, humorless and heavy-handed, Segal's latest melodramatic tale (after Doctors ) is potboiling at its most banal. Daniel Luria is the heir apparent to the Brooklyn-based Silczer dynasty of rabbis. After Timothy Hogan (an "orphan" with two living parents) breaks the Lurias' window, Rabbi Luria hires him to turn out the lights on Sabbath nights. When the rabbi sees his daughter Deborah and Timothy poised for a forbidden embrace, he banishes Deborah to Jerusalem. Timothy, a rising star en route to Catholic priesthood, eventually encounters Deborah on her kibbutz; they consummate their relationship, despite Timothy's vows of celibacy. Meanwhile, in rabbinical school, Daniel finds doubt as well as lust in his heart; his lover leaves him, but not without some hot stock tips. A millionaire (if still unhappy), Daniel decides against religious life, to his father's profound discontent. Timothy encounters liberation theology in Brazil, has an epiphany, turns his back on Church hierarchy and acknowledges love. Daniel, who has rejoined his faith on less Orthodox terms, meets the woman of his dreams, and also finds he can follow in his father's footsteps. Segal makes even the interesting details and dilemmas of religious lives seem superficial. 250,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo .
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
They met as children, innocents from two different worlds. And from that moment their lives were fated to be forever entwined. Timothy : Abandoned at birth, he finds a home--and a dazzling career--within the Catholic Church. But the vows he takes cannot protect him from one soul-igniting passion. Daniel : The scholarly son of a great rabbi, he is destined to follow in his father's footsteps. And destined to break his father's heart. Deborah : She was raised to be docile and dutiful--the perfect rabbi's wife--but love will lead her to rebellion. And into world's the patriarch would never dare imagine.
Reaching across more than a quarter of a century, from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia to an Israeli kibbutz, and radiating the splendor of two holy cities, Rome and Jerusalem, here is Erich Segal's most provocative and ambitious novel to date--the unforgettable story of three extraordinary lives...and one forbidden love.
Reaching across more than a quarter of a century, from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia to an Israeli kibbutz, and radiating the splendor of two holy cities, Rome and Jerusalem, here is Erich Segal's most provocative and ambitious novel to date--the unforgettable story of three extraordinary lives...and one forbidden love.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable,
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This review is from: Acts of Faith (Hardcover)
All of the characters appear to be stereotypical, and the plot is predictable, after the first 50 pages. It was a good read never the less, but not a very good novel.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Segal's most absorbing novel,
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This review is from: Acts of Faith (Paperback)
I disliked the campiness of Love Story, was a bit bored by The Class, and was depressed by Oliver's Story. Only Love made me want to give this novel a chance, and I'm glad I did. This is a book I read over and over. Rarely, if ever, does one find both love and characters so pure at heart and by action. Finally, here is a romance where I understand what the protagonists love about each other. Daniel could have been left out of the story, though - I'm not sure why a character so incidental to the overall plot was given sections from his point of view.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A poor synthesis of greater works,
By A Customer
This review is from: Acts of Faith (Paperback)
Erich Segal's "Love Story" was decent enough; his "The Class" was tolerable, on a light reading level. But this book is really, really unfortunate. I can see where the author lifts plot elements and themes (e.g., "The Orthodox Jew Raised to Be a Rabbi But Who Turns to a Forbidden Field" and "Forbidden Love Between a Catholic Priest and A Really, REALLY Inappropriate Woman" ) from the much more talented authors Chaim Potok ("The Chosen") and Colleen McCullough ("The Thorn Birds")... among others. The characters in "Acts of Faith" are thinly sketched, and--as mentioned previously by the 17 year old reader from Brooklyn--their religion and the Taboos Inherent Within merely serve as a vehicle for Forbidden Love, A Turning Away From the Old Way, etc. etc. The other authors I mentioned took the time to develop their characters and direct them in such a way that you can believe that what happened in their lives...happened. I got no such feeling here, especially having read much better books along similar lines. If you want a more incisive view of Jewish Orthodoxy AND better character/plot development, read Potok (and I also suggest Herman Wouk and Leon Uris, though they tend to write more about secular Jews). Forbidden love involving Catholics/Catholic priests? Look up Ms. McCullough. But don't waste your time here.
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