I AM THE CLAY Author:CHAIM POTOK AN EXTRAORDINARY MOVING ...TALE OF LOVE, SPIRITUALITY, NATURE, DEATH AND WAR ... TOLD IN LANGUAGE OF SIMPLICITY AND GRANDEUR .... WHAT GIVES THIS NOVEL ITS GREATEST POWER, HOWEVER, IS THE SKILL WITH WHICH POTOK EVOKES THE HORROR THAT MODERN WAR IMPOSES .... THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONVINCING RECENT PORTRAYALS OF WAR