- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (24 Jun 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140186875
- ISBN-13: 978-0140186871
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,319,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A novel of the good and bad in a Jew's Americanization in New York. The author also wrote "Yekl, a Tale of the New York Ghetto" also "The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories".
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Realism at its finest,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Rise of David Levinsky (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
The realism in this novel is astounding. In a true-to-life rags-to-riches story, young David Levinsky grows up poor, yet motivated, in the heart of a small Russian town. A Hasidic Jew with visions beyond the Torah, Talmud, and a studious life, he takes a ship to America to seek his fortune. His rise in corporate America has the power to inspire, to invoke fear, reminiscence, tears. Do not be surprised to find yourself looking within after a particularly well-written, astute paragraph by Cahan, and feeling as if he has written about your own emotions or state of mind -- decades before you were even born! Some of his metaphors, I have found, even describe the way I have thought about the world, and the feeling that you could be there alongside David in his search for wealth, power, women, and ultimately himself (Who am I?) add to the fantasitic realism with which Cahan weaves his story. It is a masterpiece, a novel that deserves to be read worldwide. I am twenty years old, but read the novel when I was 16. I have not read it since, yet recall vivid details and even entire paragraphs which struck me then even as they do now; reconciling parts of the novel to my life comes easily as I experience new things and understand and appreciate even better what the fictional David Levinsky went through. It is classic, a novel for all time. I recommend, in the strongest possible terms, to read it, love it, and enjoy it. I did... and I am a science person.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A neglected classic,
By TravelMod (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rise of David Levinsky (Economy Editions) (Paperback)
This is a classic story of immigration, of old New York, of the "American dream", and yet, is more than those. The author has managed, in a simple plot, to provide insights, and make subtle statements about cultural pride vs assimilation, poverty vs wealth, religion vs secularism, sex vs solitude, and spirituality vs commerce. These topics, wearing different colors and different cultures, still present dilemmas today.
I haven't seen the Dover edition per se; the Penguin version is the paperback version I have and like.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A fascinating read,
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This review is from: The Rise of David Levinsky (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)
I read this book a year ago, and I enjoyed it immensely and remembered parts of it since then. It's clearly a winner and should be read by anyone of any age. Since then I've recommended this book to all my friends and they all loved it too.
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