num_pages: 432
description: David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught.... "From the Paperback edition."
language: English
title: In the Beginning
titlecomplete: In the Beginning
genres: Literature, Judaism, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Judaica, Religion, Historical Fiction, Jewish, Fiction
ratings_count: 2917
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera
publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.