Penguin Books; first published by William Heinemann Ltd 1972, published in Penguin Books 1973/74; reprinted through 1982 — this being the 1982 reprint. Australian recommended price AU$4.95 printed on back cover, confirming Australian market printing. Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day, and is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels — even when it leads him to blasphemy. Caught between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art, Asher Lev pours his anguish into the Brooklyn Crucifixion — a painting that tears his community apart. Chaim Potok, himself a rabbi and accomplished painter, drew on his own lifelong tension between religious orthodoxy and creative expression; the novel was called a work little short of genius by the New York Times Book Review. Cover clean; spine slightly bowed; pages heavily toned to deep cream but no moisture indicators. Good condition.