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My Name Is Asher Lev

Potok, Chaim
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literary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~445 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic oppressive angst

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,186
Page count~445 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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