Night (Oprah's Book Club)
by: Elie Wiesel
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In Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of the death camps present him with an intolerable question: how can the God he once so fervently believed in have allowed these monstrous events to occur? There are no easy answers in this harrowing book, which probes life's essential riddles with the lucid anguish only great literature achieves. It marks the crucial first step in Wiesel's lifelong project to bear witness for those who died.
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Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeplypoignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in theNazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Weisel, Elie's wifeand frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the languageand spirit truest to the author's original intent.And in thesubstantive new preface, Elie Wiesel reflects on the enduringimportance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication toensuring that the world never forgets man capacity for inhumanity toman.
Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everydayperversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it alsoeloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personalquestions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaustwas, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.
In Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at having survived the horror of the Holocaust and the genocidal campaign that consumed his family. His memories of the nightmare world of the death camps present him with an intolerable question: how can the God he once so fervently believed in have allowed these monstrous events to occur? There are no easy answers in this harrowing book, which probes life's essential riddles with the lucid anguish only great literature achieves. It marks the crucial first step in Wiesel's lifelong project to bear witness for those who died.
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Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeplypoignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in theNazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Weisel, Elie's wifeand frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the languageand spirit truest to the author's original intent.And in thesubstantive new preface, Elie Wiesel reflects on the enduringimportance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication toensuring that the world never forgets man capacity for inhumanity toman.
Night offers much more than a litany of the daily terrors, everydayperversions, and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald; it alsoeloquently addresses many of the philosophical as well as personalquestions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaustwas, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.
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- Where was God?
Night is an amazing little book, filled with horror and pain.It really raises the question of where God is in the midst of unimaginable pain and cruelty.There is no real answer to this, although I choose to believe that God is in the midst of all the horror.God (and humanity) are changed by experiencing such horror, either directly as participants in the horror, or indirectly by reading works such as Night.They do change us by, unfortunately, feeling the grotesqueness to which humanity can ... Read More
Rating: - Heartache
By far the best book ever written about the Holocaust. I was so moved by this book that I immediately recommended it to friends and family. I even bought copies and passed it around. Elie Wiesel paints a vivid picture with his words and you will never forget. Nor should we ever forget less it happens again.
Rating: - Excellent Selle
The item arrived earlier than I expected in condition as promised. Excellent seller, I would buy again from this seller. Thank you.
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- Powerful, eye opening
It's hard to believe such a short book (my copy only had 83 pages but contained pieces of other stories after that also relate to the holocaust) could be so powerful and eye opening. It's difficult to sit and read the details of what these people had to suffer through everyday just to try and stay alive. I completely understand why Wiesel started questioning his God that he was always so loyal to. Who wouldn't in his situation? It's really frightening to know that this actually happened and could happen ... Read More
Rating: - Universal message for the human condition
Elie Wiesel's account of concentration camp life was initially notable for being one of the early first-person narratives detailing the horrors the Hitler's regime. Since it's appearance decades ago, many other survivors have told their stories. Their accounts of the crimes the Nazis perpetrated against the Jews and others no longer surprise us, and yet Professor Wiesel's book not only endures, but is now experiencing something of a renaissance of interest (partly due to Oprah of course). What makes Night ... Read More
- Where was God?Night is an amazing little book, filled with horror and pain.It really raises the question of where God is in the midst of unimaginable pain and cruelty.There is no real answer to this, although I choose to believe that God is in the midst of all the horror.God (and humanity) are changed by experiencing such horror, either directly as participants in the horror, or indirectly by reading works such as Night.They do change us by, unfortunately, feeling the grotesqueness to which humanity can ... Read More
- HeartacheBy far the best book ever written about the Holocaust. I was so moved by this book that I immediately recommended it to friends and family. I even bought copies and passed it around. Elie Wiesel paints a vivid picture with his words and you will never forget. Nor should we ever forget less it happens again.
- Excellent SelleThe item arrived earlier than I expected in condition as promised. Excellent seller, I would buy again from this seller. Thank you.
- Powerful, eye openingIt's hard to believe such a short book (my copy only had 83 pages but contained pieces of other stories after that also relate to the holocaust) could be so powerful and eye opening. It's difficult to sit and read the details of what these people had to suffer through everyday just to try and stay alive. I completely understand why Wiesel started questioning his God that he was always so loyal to. Who wouldn't in his situation? It's really frightening to know that this actually happened and could happen ... Read More
- Universal message for the human conditionElie Wiesel's account of concentration camp life was initially notable for being one of the early first-person narratives detailing the horrors the Hitler's regime. Since it's appearance decades ago, many other survivors have told their stories. Their accounts of the crimes the Nazis perpetrated against the Jews and others no longer surprise us, and yet Professor Wiesel's book not only endures, but is now experiencing something of a renaissance of interest (partly due to Oprah of course). What makes Night ... Read More
